Huse Stethoscope

The unique medical collection displayed below is from Dr. Charles Archelaus Huse's medical office, circa 1884 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The collection includes Dr. Huse's Cammann stethoscope, surgical instrument kit, urethral silver catheters, patient records, patient receipts, letter from the Dudley & Sheppard instrument company dated 1877 where Dr. Huse purchased his medical instruments, medical student ticket to Harvard Medical School dated 1879-80, and sign from his office in Worcester. The Huse antique medical collection represents a truly unique look at this promising young physician and the practice of medicine in the late 19th century.