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Summer 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

[lead]As students in white coats filter into the state-of-the-art Clinical Skills and Simulation Center at the College of Medicine, they pass an arresting reminder of the profession\u2019s low-tech past by the front door.[\/lead]<\/p>\n

In three walnut and glass display cases, a collection of severe metal instruments, oversize silver syringes, amber glass medicine bottles and other fading antique tools of the trade offer a thought- provoking historical context to the advanced technology with which they\u2019ll learn their craft in the computerized classroom.<\/p>\n

Emergency room specialist and volunteer faculty member Dr. Lawrence Kaplan donated the antique instruments that were used by his father, Dr. Abraham Kaplan, who practiced out of his home office in Brooklyn, New York, from the 1940s to the 1960s. \u201cIf the medical students saw what my dad used to practice medicine, they would think it\u2019s barbaric,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s good for them to see how technology has progressed and to understand how things may wind up changing in the future. I hope they will learn from [the collection].\u201d<\/p>\n

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Perfektum Hypodermic Syringe, 1922 (above)<\/span><\/h2>\n

This reusable glass syringe was sterilized after each injection and the screw-on needles were sharpened by hand, a task performed by College of Medicine volunteer faculty member Dr. Lawrence Kaplan when he was a boy. \u201cIf you didn\u2019t use the right sharpening motion, you would get burrs on the needles,\u201d he remembers of the painful mistake. \u201cWhen there was a burr on the needle, I would hear about it \u2014 literally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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[photo id=”7103″ title=”Physician’s Binocular Loupe” alt=”Physician’s Binocular Loupe” width=”100%”][\/photo]<\/p>\n

Physician\u2019s Binocular Loupe, 1954<\/span><\/h2>\n

These metal-framed, high-magnification glasses were used for fine detail procedures, such as inspecting wounds and sewing sutures. \u201c[My father] actually wore these when he stitched up my arm when I was 12 years old,\u201d says Kaplan.<\/p>\n

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[photo id=”7104″ title=”Empire Ear Syringe” alt=”Empire Ear Syringe” width=”100%”][\/photo]<\/p>\n

Empire Ear Syringe, 1906<\/span><\/h2>\n

This stainless steel syringe, which measures about 2 inches in diameter and came with removable rubber tips, was used to irrigate the ear for cleaning and treating infection. \u201cThat\u2019s still something that\u2019s used today,\u201d says Kaplan. \u201cIt\u2019s a great example of a classic design that didn\u2019t need to be changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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