2017
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Potions, Pills, and Prescriptions Onsite exhibit from 2000-2017 |
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Onsite exhibit from 2003-2017 |
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A Stubborn Illness: The Health of the Macdonald Family Onsite exhibit from 2015-2017 |
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Growing Pains: The 1867 Funding Crisis at KGH Onsite exhibit from 2017-2023 |
2016
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Outreach exhibit at Providence Care - Mental Health Services Site from 2001-2016. Removed for construction. |
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Open Heart: History of Cardiology Outreach exhibit at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa |
2015
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Onsite exhibit from 2014-2015 |
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Listerism: Antisepsis and the Roots of Modern Surgery Outreach exhibit at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa |
2014
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Onsite exhibit from 2010-2014
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From the Bedrooms of the Nation Outreach Exhibit at Kingston General Hospital - Fraser Armstrong Patient Centre, 5th floor 2004-2014. Removed for construction |
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Tamper evident and secure packaging methods for pharmaceutical products from the past Temporary display
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2013
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Long-term exhibit at the Museum. Removed 2013 |
2012
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Howie Tsui: Friendly Fire Cabinet Temporary exhibit at the Museum. Companion exhibit to Friendly Fire. |
2011
Picturing the Body: Medical Art as Teaching Tools
Outreach exhibit at the Ottawa headquarters of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
2009
Electrocardiographs (Museum, supplement to the 2009 Margaret Angus Fellowship Presentation)
Religious Ex-Voto Artifacts (Museum, supplement to lectures by Dr. Jacalyn Duffin on "Medical Miracles")
2008
The NET Result: Kingston and Malaria Prevention in Uganda (Temporary)
Safe Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilisation: A Made-in-Canada Solution / La sécurité de la stérilisation tubaire par laparoscopie: Une solution «inventée au Canada» (SOGC headquarters, Ottawa)
• The development of the bipolar electrosurgical forceps by Dr. Jacques-Émile Rioux in the early 1970s improved the safety and effectiveness of gynaecological laparoscopy, a method of permanent contraception.
• The design of the bipolar forceps underwent rigorous testing and multiple evolutions by Dr. Rioux and his team at the Centre de reserche industrielle, in Quebec.
A Tradition of Community Service: The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul (PCCC, Mental Health Services)
The Sisters of Providence founded an institute in Kingston in 1841 that helped to care for the destitute elderly and orphans. PCCC assumed responsibility for the KPH in 2001.
2007
Kingston General Hospital, School of Nursing, 1886 – 1974 (Temporary)
Marjorie Winslow & the Moulage (Temporary)
Portraying the Profession (Temporary)
2006
Cabinet of Curiosities - The Shoe Fitting Fluoroscope (Temporary)
X-rays were appropriated for commercial use, as well as medical diagnosis.
Kingston General Hospital, School of Nursing, 1886 – 1974 (Temporary)
Medical Art through the Ages (Temporary)
Demonstration of the many uses and approaches to medical art from the Classical period to the Modern age. Highlights included: the spiritual role of models in the Classical period and also their instructive value, particularly during the Renaissance art period; the importance of wax models in medical teaching when dissection was socially frowned upon; use of moulages in 19th century for education and shock value; changing material (rubber, plaster) and artistic character of models in the 20th century. Included discussion of the moulages of Marjorie Winslow and their use by the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Queen's University in the 1940s.
You are the Doctor! (Temporary)
Interactive exhibit used stereoscopes and reproduction slides to challenge visitors to diagnose skin ailments.
2005
Health Care History: An Archival Legacy (Temporary)
The Inspiring Past: A Beacon for the Future, KGH 1905-2005 (KGH Hall of Honour)
Guest Consultants: Sylvia Burkinshaw, Veronica Padfield-Harris, Mary Vandewater, and Ellen Barton.
The Auxiliary has played an important role in KGH history, seeking to “create an inviting, comfortable, supportive, and well-equipped healing environment,†by providing patient care services (i.e. gift shop, hairdressing, baby photo service); volunteering time and to prepare blankets, booties, and dressings; and staging important fundraisers.
Kingston General Hospital, School of Nursing, 1886 – 1974 (Temporary)
2004
Cabinet of Curiosities - Trouble with...Tonsils! (Temporary)
Over time people have proposed various purposes for tonsils, but we now know that tonsils are glands. Tonsils become smaller as you age and are largest in children. Presently, tonsillectomies are done by electrocautery. In the early 1800s surgeons might have removed tonsils by tightening a wire around them or cutting them off using a tonsillotome.
The first 50 years: Medicine at Queen’s 1854 – 1894 (Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, Queen’s U.)
• The timeline of development of the School of Medicine, from 1854.
• The education model followed the school at Edinburgh, with three years of course work and one year of practical experience.
• The presence of the medical school improved the health of the Kingston community.
• Though students spent much of their time in class, they were also known to be the rowdiest group at Queen’s.
• The School accepted their first three female students in 1884; however, coeducation was extremely controversial and difficulties with some faculty and students led to a ban on female students that was in place until 1943. As a result, a separate medical school for women ran from 1883-1893.
2003
Learning Aids and Teaching Tools (Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, Queen’s U.)
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Bracken Health Sciences Library, this exhibit highlighted the early development of the medical library. Beginning in 1854, with the opening of the medical school, professors sought out donations to the library. In addition to books, various learning aids (charts, models etc.) were also acquired.
2002
Boning up on anatomy – The early years at Queen’s (Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, Queen’s U.)
• Anatomy was the cornerstone of medical education by 1854, largely due to advances in surgery.
• Queen’s Medical School opened in a building on Princess St., but moved to Summerhill in 1855.
• Anatomy classes were taught daily by Prof. John Stuart. The dissection room was open all day for students to work on their own.
• The students and school acquired cadavers from the penitentiary, hospital, and family members in need of the money paid out for bodies. Some occasionally stole bodies from dead-houses or cemeteries.
• Women were admitted to the medical school in the 1880s, but had separate rooms for their anatomy lessons.
Cabinet of Curiosities - Quarantine (Temporary)
Fighting the White Plague: The Battle Against Tuberculosis (KGH Hall of Honour)
Information on Tuberculosis, i.e. cause, spread, symptoms, impact; How TB detection techniques developed, i.e. lung imaging, public health screenings; Treatment improved over time, i.e. sanatoria; pneumothorax; antibiotics; Public health measures sought to increase public awareness and prevent the spread of TB; Despite low incidence rates in North America, there is a global TB emergency as numbers of cases rises in Africa and drug resistant strains become more common.
2001
The Brackens of Brockville (Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, Queen’s U.)
• The Bracken family has a deep Queen’s connection.
• The range of skills and knowledge required by practitioners in the early 20th century.
• Dr. Bracken was also a surgeon, and had specialties in obstetrics and anaesthesiology
Cabinet of Curiosities (Temporary)
Topics in 2001: Robertson Wax Collection; Otorhinolaryngology; Tools of a New Trade
2000
Asylum - The story of the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital (PCCC, Mental Health Services)
Exhibition Team: Dr. Nick Delva, Dr. George Laverty, Dr. Cameron Stevenson, Connie Cox, and Jean Burton.
In 1854 an asylum was established for criminally insane. In 1877 the prison sold the asylum and it became part of the provincial asylum system. This coincided with a reform movement in care. In 1907 the Asylum was renamed a hospital. It underwent a shift in practice from being responsive to seeking to identify underlying causes and diagnosis of condition. The inter-war period saw numerous advancements in drug therapies (i.e. penicillin vs. syphilis, lithium vs. bipolar disorder, insulin shock therapy vs. schizophrenia, Metrazol vs. depression, and electroshock therapy in 1945). The 1950s saw a development of psychoactive drugs that enabled more people to be treated as out-patients and shortened stays in the hospital. New drugs and the development of cooperative housing allowed more patients to live in the community. Other community agencies also now care for categories of patients that would have been confined to the hospital in the past. Describes current role of KPH, ongoing research, and new treatments.
1999
Living without kidneys (Museum)
Guest Curator: Dr. Peter Morrin
How kidneys function and why they fail; treatment options for kidney failure; early history of dialysis (timeline); technological developments of dialysis, including dialysis machines, shunts, and dialyzers.
The heart-lung machine (Museum)
Guest Curators: Dr. Bev Lynn, Dr. John Fay, Fred Seimonsen
Development of the heart-lung machine, from inspiration in 1931 to first clinical use in 1953; Melrose-N.E.P. Heart-Lung Machine; the function of oxygenators. Sponsor: Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
1998
One hundred years of radium (Kingston Regional Cancer Centre; KGH Hall of Honour)
The Romance of Radium (KGH Cancer Centre)
Guest Curator: Dr. Charles Hayter
The discovery of radium by the Curies ushered in a new era of medicine, particularly with regard to cancer treatments; the characteristics of Radium, how it is extracted, the cost (historically), and the dangers of its use; radium was first used in Kingston by Dr. F. Etherington, and was used in the Kingston Cancer Clinic from the 1930s to1957; the risks of radiation became better understood over time and led to a drastic change in how the treatment was applied, i.e. shift from popular treatments (i.e. radium waters) to lead lined safes for storage.
The Shoe Fluoroscope (Museum)
Shoe-fitting fluoroscopes were prominent in shoe stores from the 1920s to the 1950s when associated health problems led U.S. state governments to begin regulating its use. No legislation was ever passed in Canada or Britain. The x-ray machine was touted as an aid to help ensure clients, particularly children, were receiving a properly fitting shoe. The advertising rhetoric exploited the social turn towards "scientific mothering." Text panels also explained how the machine was used.
1997
Beyond Ether - 150 years of Anaesthesia (KGH Hall of Honour)
Guest Curators: Ray Matthews and Kim Turner
The discovery of anaesthesia for pain relief made surgery a more viable option for patients. Before anaesthetics, surgeries were performed as quickly as possible and even then, fifty percent of patients died from post-operative infection. Once only used as a last resort, surgery is now a relatively safe and common procedure, in part because of developments in anaesthesia. Main messages of exhibit:
• How pain was alleviated prior to ether and chloroform; the discovery and use of ether and its acceptance by the medical community in 1846
• Role of anaesthesia in childbirth; first uses in Upper Canada and Kingston; the various technological advances in administration of drugs
• The risks of anaesthesia, i.e. death, lack of modesty, or abuse by doctor.
Inhalation Anaesthesia in the 20th century (Museum)
Guest Curators: Ray Matthew and Kim Turner
Displayed gas machines, anaesthetic vaporizers, and ether inhalers. Advances in anaesthesia in the 20th century, including: machines and technology (especially gas machines); anaesthetic agents; techniques of administration (especially vaporizers); and monitoring systems. Covered the professionalization of the administration of anaesthesia.
Nurse Nora Valleau (KGH Class of 1928)
Paediatric Artifacts
1996
The Advent of X-rays (KGH Hall of Honour)
Guest Curator: Dr. Charles Hayter
• Discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen 1896.
• X-rays are electromagnetic radiation. Their production requires high voltage electrical current through an evacuated glass tube.
• John Cochrane gave demonstrations of the x-ray at RMC as early as 1896.
• Kingston General Hospital acquired an x-ray apparatus in the fall of 1896, possibly the first hospital in Canada to do so.
• Dr. James Third, Superintendant of KGH in 1896, oversaw this acquisition and eventually became the hospital radiographer in 1900. He was an advocate of the use of x-rays in diagnosing tuberculosis.
• Use of a fluoroscope and x-rays aided in the diagnosis of fractures, diseased tissue and the presence of foreign bodies. By 1900 x-rays were also being used in the treatment of acne, lupus, eczema, and skin cancer.
KGH Women’s Aid Society (KGH Hall of Honour)
Guest Curator: Sylvia Burkinshaw
A Ladies’ Committee was formed shortly after KGH opened in 1845. Its main role was fundraising; the Women’s Aid Society was formed in 1905 to help improve the conditions in the hospital, i.e. cleanliness, state of the linens, meal preparation, and to help with fundraising; the objective of the Society continues to be improving the patients’ stays.
1995
Hospital Nursing Services (KGH Hall of Honour)
• Nursing emerged as a profession following the development of nursing schools in the 1880s. The School at Kingston was the third oldest in the country. It closed in 1974.
• The Kingston General Hospital Nurses’ Alumnae Association was formed in 1896. They led the fundraising campaign that enabled the construction of a nurses’ residence in 1904.
• This building, named after Ann Baillie, much loved Superintendent of Nursing from 1924-1942, is a designated National Historic Site and current location of the Museum of Health Care at Kingston.
• Up until 1994 the nursing uniforms included red trim at the collar, cuffs and belt.
• One ritual of graduates was to toss their black boots, considered matronly by many, into the lake.
• The Alumnae Association works to preserve the history of the School and its alumnae
1994
Community Health in the Early 20th Century: The role of the Physician (KGH Hall of Honour)
• The Bracken family has a deep connection to Queen’s University.
• The practice of, and instruments of, medicine progressed rapidly through the late 19th and 20th centuries.
• The roles of pharmacists and surgeons.
Interconnections: The Brackens of Brockville exhibition
Development of Cardiac Pacemakers (KGH KIDD 3)
• The pacemaker system of the heart; the artificial pacemaker system; and, when the artificial pacemaker is required
• The physical evolution of pacemakers between the 1960s and the 1990s, especially a decrease in size and weight, external to internal implantation, components and materials, and fixed vs. adjustable rates.
