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This is an unsigned demonstration microscope; hand held and lacquer coated; protective cap is placed over bell-shaped base; hole in cap allows device to be used with it attached; drawtube adjustable for height over slide only, adjustments done by hand; tension adjusted via a nut on the outside of the frame; slide held in place beneath the objective by a cup held fast via spring; eyepiece marked "0," and drops into place; objective is continental button type and made of three different lenses.

Record Type: Object
This is a small compound monocular device in its case; unsigned but box lid reads "Honore Doninelli Opticien-constructeur Nice-36, Avenue de la Gare, 36-Nice En Face l'Eclaireur Reparation de tout ce qui concerne l'optique et instrumentds de precision"; U-shaped base with twin pillar support on which stage and arm rotate; base, stage, and arm are all painted black; stage is square shaped and features two stage clips secured by brass screws; includes a substage single-sided mirror; curved arm terminates with a mounting tube in which the drawtube is placed; knob on the right side provides coarse adjustment by rack and pinion; drawtube not adjustable for length; objective is a three piece continental button-type; eyepiece drops into place; case is of wood with maroon colored velvet patches supporting the microscope; pair of brass slide forceps in case.

Record Type: Object
Brass microscope with round brass base. Stage, tube, and mirror mount onto cylindrical support that is not adjustable; mirror adjustable, mounts to pin thrust through support arm; square stage painted black; no substage condensor; drawtube held in ring attached to arm; height adjusted by manually sliding it inside of support; not adjustable for length; continental button objective; bolt on top of arm is signed "Boucart Paris," no other marks. Device stored in wooden box.

Record Type: Object
E. Leitz Wetzlar binocular microscope model "BS 48/92k; painted black with stainless steel knobs and chrome plated nosepiece; V-shaped base supports dual pillar support on which stage and arm rotate; moveable stage square-shaped and adjustable on two axis by two knobs beneath stage; substage abbe condenser and mirror adjust up and down via rack and pinion; curved arm supports head and mounts adjustment knobs; coarse adjustment by rack and pinion, fine adjustment below and behind; lever on left side allows head to be removed; revolving nosepiece has four objective capacity, only three mounted; knob between the eyepieces adjusts distance between them; left eyepiece adjustable for height; no eyepieces installed, but four are present in the case, along with plastic cases for three objectives; case contains 1 X booklet, and 1 X leatherette case containing 12 X slides.

Record Type: Object
AO Spencer model 33 MH advanced laboratory compound monocular microscope with case; manufactured in 1947; entire microscope painted black with chrome and stainless steel knobs and objectives; U-shaped base; arm and stage rotate on base; substage abbe condensor height adjustable via knob; two-sided mirror beneath the condenser; square-shaped stage with clamp moveable along two axies; coarse and fine adjustment knobs located near top of arm and move drawtube up and down; revolving trinocular nosepiece with three attached objectives; a 6X eyepiece is mounted. Contained in a black leatherette case with metal guards on each corner.
1947

Record Type: Object
Bull's eye condenser with brass stand; base can be unscrewed for storage; finish has worn off around the condenser and its arm; was originally included among the items in number 2014.001.058.; round brass base; cylindrical support arm screws into base; ball joint atop support mounts condensor arm; condensor can slide in mounting collar.

Record Type: Object
Hemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical, nickel-plated metal blades are joined by pivot screw to form scissor-like instrument; handles have circular finger rings; shanks are straight and round, with ratchet closure near handles; curved jaws are of conical style and taper to blunt points; heavy horizontal serrations run along full length of the jaws, with cross-hatched pattern at it's tip.

Record Type: Object
Its shape resembles a round eye or fish with one large eye, gray plastic string attached IUD has suture thread attached to half circle hole at the distal end and a circular hole at the proximal end. The tail comprised of 400 fibers that acted as a capillary wick for the conduit of bacteria to pass from the vagina to the uterine cavity.
1970-1979

Record Type: Object
Foil punch-out packaging of Micronor with 21 medicated tabs in a circular layout and seven placebo tabs in a smaller circle inside the Micronor tabs; marked: "clinic sale only" at top of packaging; tabs are all colored mint green; days of week marked below each tab; expiration date "Sep 81."
1973

Record Type: Object
Mini-Ortho tablet dispenser in white; Ortho emblem in middle of dispenser with tablets surrounding in a circular layout; very small dispenser with clear plastic covering that turns clockwise to dispense pills; days of week marked below each pill; a "lift out" slot allows one pill to dispense at each time; 21 day cycle dispenser; pills are all grey-colored; no medication markings on dispenser; no way of knowing which birth control medication is in the dispenser.

Record Type: Object