| 66. A superb c. 1860 antique surgical set by John Weiss & Son, No. 62,
Strand, and No. 287, Oxford Street, arguably the best instrument maker in London at the time.
Note that the Weiss name appears in relief on many of the pressed-horn
handles; this feature is found on instruments
illustrated in the 1863 Weiss catalogue and in Bennion,
Plate I. The selection of saws, knives, trephines, chisels, bone
forceps, etc., favor orthopedic and neurologic (brain) surgery.
Two capital saws are present...the tenon saw was for arm and lower leg
amputations, while the Dr. Butcher's saw, introduced in 1851, was
designed for resectioning and hip amputation. The 1863 Weiss
catalogue presents a Marshall's Osteotribe, or Rosehead, for
Necrosis...and a fine example is found in the set. Also worthy
of mention is the trephine's handle with delicately segmented
finials. SOLD |
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| 67.
A 19th century antique ear trumpet made of sheet iron painted
black. 10.5" long. |
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| 68. A
c. 1880 Allis' ether inhaler with interior cotton artificial sponge
shown both partial inserted and removed from the housing. The inhaler was invented in 1874
by Oscar H. Allis (1836-1931) of Philadelphia. See Tiemann
1889, p. 43, fig. 1249. SOLD |
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| 69. A fine c. 1840
antique Staffordshire jug decorated with two hand-painted groups of flowers
and numerous gold border flourishes. The front of the pitcher is signed
in a fancy gold script: Surgeon Wilmot / SG. The jug
was probably a presentation piece to the the Irish surgeon Samuel Wilmot
(1772-1848), who was twice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of
Ireland (1815 and 1832). He resigned the position in 1848.
The SG of the inscription may represent St. Stephen's Green, a
Dublin park (and surrounding road) on whose west side was located Dr.
Wilmot's surgery (No. 120 West) and the then and now headquarters of the
RCSI (No. 123 West). The area is commonly referred to as just
Stephen's Green. Such Staffordshire jugs were a popular gift in the nineteenth
century, and this dealer has seen one other that was given to a
veterinary surgeon. |
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| 70. A
c. 1885 antique pocketknife by George
Wostenholm, Sheffield. The slabs are sterling silver and one side
is engraved: Dr. Wm. S. Seamans.
Dr. William
Shepard Seamans (d. 1917) was an 1881 graduate of the Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and he
practiced in New York City. |
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| 71. A
very rare c. 1880s albumen photograph of the shop of the surgical
instrument maker Frederick Haslam at 83 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn.
Edmonson shows no such photographs of nineteenth century surgical
instrument maker's premises. See Edmonson,
p. 211. |
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| 72. A c. 1840 O.W.R.
Eastman patent toothkey. The double-claw bolster can be removed
and rotated and reversed. This is the first example of this type
of antique dental key that this dealer has seen. |
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| 73.
A c. 1840 Staffordshire pedestal-shaped leeches jar.
A similar jar, apparently by
the same potter, is pictured in Bennion,
p. 281, fig. 12. Also, see Crellin, Medical Ceramics in
the Wellcome Institute, p. 129 and fig. 239.
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