The city hall of Guardia Perticara (viale Principe Umberto 13) has a special display honoring Prospero Guidone on the first floor. Visitors can admire a fine collection of books and surgical equipment that once belonged to the surgeon.
Some tools from the collection:
Mc Carthy Foroblique Pan-Endoscope, with cytoscopes and accessorizes (beginning of the 20th century)
Tool used by urologists for bladden exploration (1930)
Newborn weighing scale
Improved electric machine for nervous disease (1880)
Rectosignoidoscopy (1930)
Hemoglobinometer
Endoscope (1950)
Hydrostatic scale used to know the specific weight of liquid and solid substances
Electric tool for home physical therapy
Hemoglobinometer with accessorizes
Ophtalmoscope (1950)
Densimeters
Esbach’s Albuminometer (beginning of the 20th century)
Optical microscope
Surgical and medical forceps
Vaginal speculum
Juengling syringe
Stethoscope
Old stethoscope
- Photos and main text by Antonello Donnoli and Antonio Perrone (February 2019)
- Locate the item on this Google Map
Bibliography
– Antonio Sanchirico, “Prospero Guidone e la medicina a Napoli e in Basilicata dopo l’Unità d’Italia”. Dibuono Edizioni, Villa d’Agri (PZ) 2018