The pilot’s helmet in the Anniversary display cabinet has a camera attached on its left side and was used by Melvill-Jones to investigate nystagmus, an abnormal involuntary side-to -side, up-and-down or circular eye motion. The device at the front left was a control box strapped to the pilot’s leg.
The McGill Medical Museum began in 1822 as a collection of pathological and anatomical specimens for teaching medical students. Over the following 150 years, many such specimens were acquired. After the 1970s, acquisition of biological specimens stopped almost entirely and teaching decreased to the point where the collections were no longer being actively used. Following its reconstitution as the Maude Abbott Medical Museum in 2012, acquisition of new material has concentrated on non-biological objects such as medical equipment, research apparatus and teaching aids that exemplify its mission. The Anniversary cabinet displays examples of such material that was used or donated by McGill medical graduates, researchers, and teachers during the MAMM’s first ten years.
Below are audio guides for the artifacts displayed.
Anatomical Models ENG
Modèles anatomiques FR
Cabinet of Small Curiosities ENG
Cabinet de curiosités FR
Artificial Heart Valves ENG
Valves cardiaques artificielles FR
Aviation Medicine Research ENG
Recherche en médecine aéronautique FR
Blood and Urine ENG
Sang et urine FR
Canadian Health Care Stamps ENG
Timbres canadiens des soins de santé FR
Doctor's Bag ENG
Mallette du docteur FR
Electrocorticograph ENG
Électrocorticographie FR
Physiology Instruments ENG
Instruments de physiologie FR
Electrotherapy ENG
Électrothérapie FR
Blood Pressure and Auscultation ENG
Pression artérielle et auscultation FR