Name of Object:

Medical box of Dr. İbrahim Göze

Location:

Istanbul, Turkey

Holding Institution:

Cerrahpaşa Medical History Museum

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Date of Object:

1890–1923

Author:

Dr. İbrahim Ethem Göze (1892-1963)

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Wood

Dimensions:

Width 35 cm, height 24 cm

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

Dr. İbrahim Ethem Göze started studying medicine first in Civilian Medical School and graduated from Darülfünun Medical Faculty in 1914. He specialized in dermatology in Gureba Hospital in Istanbul. This medical box belonged to Dr. İbrahim Ethem Göze is rectangular in shape, brown and covered with leather. It also has a handle for carrying. It is in two pieces with four chambers inside. One of the chambers has a cover. In the front there are salvarsan (Arsphenamine) medicine boxes used to cure syphilis, in the chamber at the back there are brown bottles on which sulphur, ammonia, alcohol and tincture of iodine is written. In the covered chamber there are ampules, bandage, a metal syringe with its needle and one tongue holder. On the box one can read the figure of 152.

Citation of this web page:

"Medical box of Dr. İbrahim Göze" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;51;en

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