| 130. A hand-illustrated drawing of an Ottoman Turk dental scene showing the application of a drill hand-powered by a bow. A most interesting and decorative composition. |
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| 131. A very rare c. 1820 antique porte-moxa (moxa carrier) as designed by the Napoleonic surgeon Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey (1765-1842). Moxibustion is often associated with acupuncture. SOLD |
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| 132. A fine c. 1850 antique phrenology bust inkwell impressed along the front: By F. Bridges / Phrenologist. The use of gold divisions, labels, numbers and flourishes, as opposed to the more common black and blue, is an attraction. 5.25" tall. |
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| 133. An exquisite and scarce cased-set of c. 1870 antique gynecological instruments with silver fittings and porcupine quill shafts. The instruments, known as Bennett's uterine set, are a scarifying lancet, a sponge holder, and a caustic holder. The compendium was made by Wood & Co., York. This is the very set pictured in Bennion, Pl. IV. |
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134. A fine c. 1880 antique monaural stethoscope turned from ivory. The stethoscope is rather long at 8.5". The earplate is marked DOWN BROS., a 19th century London maker. SOLD |
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| 135. A
scarce and fine c. 1880 temple (small size) brass scarificator by Evans,
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| 136. A case for antique
blood transfusion instruments made by George Tiemann, New York.
The brass lid cartouche is engraved: Lindeman / Transfusion Set.
In 1913, Edward Lindeman, of Bellevue Hospital, New York, introduced a
new needle method of blood transfusion, an advancement over the surgery
method. Lindeman's system employed multiple syringes and cannulae.
By 1915, when the four-way stopcock procedure was developed by Unger,
the more cumbersome Lindeman scheme fell-out of favor. While all
the instruments are missing...indeed, this dealer has never seen a set
for sale, the case and cartouche, in-and-of-themselves, are worthy of
interest to the student of blood transfusion history. |
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| 137. A George Tiemann, New York, patent 1877 antique clinical "bent" thermometer with original case.
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| 138. A very fine and early antique ophthalmoscope by Ferguson, London. The trade label reads: Ferguson, / Surgeon's / Instrument Maker / to / St. Bartholemew's / Hospital / 21, Giltspur Street, Smithfield, London. Daniel Ferguson, surgical instrument maker, is listed at this address for the years c. 1828 to c. 1851. This instrument, in effect, is the first of the ophthalmoscopes that incorporated a convex lens and allowed for an indirect method of examination, as introduced by Theodore Ruete. SOLD |
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| 139. A c. 1880 gynecological mechanical curette with ebony handle. A lever just above the handle moves to a right angle a small tip cup. Unsigned, but by Katsch, Munich. |
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