MEDICAL ANTIQUES ARCHIVES
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A c. 1780 antique dental extracting toothkey. Note the perfectly straight shaft.
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A reissued Wedgwood portrait plaque of Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), the founder of modern taxonomy. The pattern was originally made in 1775 by the English sculptor John Flaxman (1775 - 1826), and was modeled on an 1773 wax portrait by C.F. Inlander. Linnaeus appears with a sample of Linnaea borealis (the twinflower), his favorite plant and a symbol he adopted when granted a Swedish noble title in 1753.
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A very fine c. 1830 antique Laennec monaural stethoscope with unusual ivory rings. This early Laennec stethoscope comes with an excellent provenance. 7.5 inches long.
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A c. 1850 antique enema and stomach pump with case lid cartouche and brass pump barrel hand-engraved: Malton Dispensary. The two pipes are bone. Malton is a small town in Yorkshire, England, some five miles east of Castle Howard.
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A c. 1880 antique monaural stethoscope turned in wood by Maw, London. This is known as Fergusson's monaural stethoscope and it has a large earplate.
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A c. 1880 antique tongue depressor with ring for hanging from a chatelaine.
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A c. 1880 albumen antique photograph (6" x 8") of a homeopath in his office.
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A rare 1860s antique dental pelican with arm signed COLLIN [PARIS]. The body of the instrument was carved from a piece of horn and the single arm is easily removed for cleaning and storing. This is probably one of the last pelicans made, and it post-dates a Charriere pelican illustrated in Bennion, Dental Antiques, p. 36.
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A c. 1860s tintype of a doctor with mortar and pestle, medicine bottles, and wife (?).
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An 1881 McGill University registration card signed by William Osler, M.D.
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A fine Civil War surgeon's pocket Colt revolver with matching serial numbers 206433, indicating an 1862 manufacturing date. The barrel is 5" long and the rifling is sharp. Both it and the frame retain areas of original bluing, and the brass trigger guard and grip strap have much of their silver-plating. In addition, the walnut scales have their original varnish. The cylinder scene is crisp and the action is strong. The butt strap is engraved: S.C. Gordon, M.D. Dr. Sidney C. Gordon (1840-1924), of Georgetown, Ohio, served as assistant surgeon and surgeon in the 59th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (59th O.V.I.) from August 1862 to November 1864, then in the 189th OVI. He was present at the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga. Surgeon Gordon was captured by the Confederates at Chickamauga and paroled in September of 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, he served at the General Hospital Chattanooga. Surgeon Gordon's military file from the National Archives has been copied. For the history of the 59th OVI, see http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw59.html.
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