| 82. A 19th century antique vaccinating set from Sweden. The outfit includes two vaccinating lancets...one with mother-of-pearl covers, the other with horn and blade marked: STILLE ( a Swedish surgical instrument maker), a needle lancet with bone handle and cover, and two glass vials full of inoculating points. The original leather case is gold-stamped with the Swedish emblem of a royal crown over three open crowns, and the legend: Belon. for Skydds / Koppympning ( ___ for Cowpox Inoculation). SALE PENDING | |
| 83. A c. 1860 antique chain saw for bone resection. The ebony handles can be removed from the chain so that the chain may be fed around bone before cutting. See Weiss 1863, pl. III, fig. 7. |
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| 84. A fine example of an antique doctor's watch with pulsations dial and chronograph functions. The c. 1952 movement, case, and dial are signed UNVER, which is a trademark of the watchmaker Universal Genève. To determine a pulse one would start the chronograph, count 30 pulsations, stop the chronograph, and a special dial allows one to directly read the number of pulsations per minute. All functions are in proper working order. |
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| 85. A very scarce c. 1800 ivory model eye. One of the most desirable ophthalmic and anatomical antiques. |
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| 86. A c. 1880 antique ear trumpet featured in the 1889 George Tiemann catalogue as: Fig. 2027.----German Silver Ear Trumpet. The antique hearing horn also appears in the Tiemann 1874 catalogue, Fig. 220. SOLD |
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87. A c. 1950 plaque off of an x-ray machine.
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| 88. J. Julian Chisolm, A Manual of Military Surgery for the Use of Surgeons in the Confederate States Army. 2nd ed. 514 pp. Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. Chisolm (1830-1903) was the foremost surgeon in the Confederacy, and his important military surgery manual went through three editions. This Civil War book is signed and dated by the original owner: T[homas] D. Stokes and June 7th 1862. Dr. Stokes (1817-1886) was born in Caswell Co, North Carolina, and practice and died in Danville, Virginia. He was an 1839 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. This Confederate manual is in fine condition and has its original binding, medical forms, and foldout. SOLD |
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| 89. A c. 1890 antique Goodell's uterine dilator made by Lentz, Philadelphia. The grips are ebony. |
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