Dr. Joseph Touma, standing in his medical equipment museum, shows saddlebags filled with medical supplies used by doctors before the invention of the automobile. A physician's carriage is in the background.

A Civil War amputation kit is part of Dr. Joseph Touma's medical museum in downtown Huntington.

This jar once held leeches, used for centuries by doctors for bloodletting.

In the dental section of his medical museum in Huntington, Dr. Joseph Touma demonstrates a pre-electricity, foot-pedal-powered drill.

A sterling silver ear trumpet, used by a hard-of-hearing wealthy person, was the predecessor to the hearing aid. Dr. Joseph Touma has hundreds of the vintage medical pieces.

Dr. Joseph Touma's medical museum contains display cases filled with historical medical equipment, including these vintage invalid feeders used before the invention of intravenous therapy.

As a hearing specialist, Dr. Joseph Touma's fascination with antique medical equipment began with devices like this one, used to aid a hard-of-hearing person in a crowd.