TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Tools or props that would be at a hospital station would include the following.

• Surgeon's Kit-Includes bonesaw, scalpel, forceps, and other operating tools.
• Apothecary-A bag or case to hold medicines. There are medicine cases available for props, the large bag pictured and a smaller pouch.
• Medicine Bottles-Including quinine, ipecac, morphine, and ether, to name a few.
• Bandages
• Pitcher and Wash Basin-"19th century version of our sink" for cleanup of all kinds.
• Scales-For weighing medicine.
• Cots
• Ether Cup-A funnel with a sponge affixed inside. When administering ether, the ether would
  be poured onto the sponge, the funnel held over the patient's mouth, and the patient would breathe in the ether-which would put him to sleep.
• Mortar and Pestle-For grinding medicine into powders.
• Quill Pen and Ink Well-For recording patient data and meteorological observations.
• Splint-For fractured legs and arms.
• Stethoscopes-To listen to the heart beat.