Whilst we can not begin to even claim to understand what most of these objects are for, (but can have fun trying, with, to take just one example, the speculum) we can but delight in their sheer clean beauty. Someone has designed and built them with a purpose in mind. Sometimes this is obvious, as in the case of the stainless steel mortuary tables, and sometimes less so, in the case of elaborate and beautiful surgical tools – allegedly designed for removing bladder stones, but such implements are nearly always beautiful and perhaps useful in understanding what happens to us under the knife. In these days of spiralling medical costs and longer NHS waiting lists we pride ourselves on stocking everything that a DIY doctor, nurse or dentist might want.

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