| 158. A remarkable Auzoux anatomical model of the tongue, throat, larynx, and windpipe. An Auzoux listing of the 1880s shows a Gigantic Larynx (twelve inches long)... and, sold separately but ...capable of being adjusted to the larynx..., a ...Tongue in the same proportion... This papier-mâché model is 24 inches long overall, and it is a testament to the complexity of the best Auzoux écorché. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), a French anatomist and physician, saw the need for highly accurate anatomical models, as an alternative to cadaver study, and founded, in the 1820s, a company to make them. Due to the great care and attention to detail that went into their manufacture, hand-painted antique Auzoux papier-mâché models are prized. SOLD ECORCHE |
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| 159. A c. 1890 Aloe-type rectal speculum with wood handle. |
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| 160. A c. 1955 group autographed photograph of Chevalier Jackson, M.D. (1865-1958) and his staff. an 1886 graduate of Jefferson medical College, Dr. Jackson became one of America's most renowned laryngologists. He is credited with the invention of an esophagus scope and a bronchoscope. He was on the faculty of Jefferson and the University of Pennsylvania. For additional details on the life and accomplishments of Dr. Jackson, please see jeffline.tju.edu/SML/archives/exhibits/notable_alumni/chevalier_jackson.html. |
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161. A c. 1930 antique clinical thermometer by Becton & Dickinson, Rutherford, New Jersey. The well-made silver case is marked STERLING. |
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162. A c. 1890 antique anesthesia chloroform Esmarch's dropper. The amber glass body is engraved with volume measures from 20 to 100 and with the world Chloroform. The antique anaesthesia dropper is complete with its original spout cap and keeper chain. SOLD |
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| 163. An antique hard rubber laryngeal and posterior nares (nasal passages) syringe (douche). See Tiemann, p. 210, fig. 2182. |
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| 164. A c. 1850 antique fairing of newlyweds in bed. The piece is captioned: Shall we sleep first or now? The fairing was made for the English market by Conta & Boehme, in Possneck, Germany, and it bears the incised serial number 2859 from early in their first series. This wonderful commentary on Victorian sexual mores pokes fun at a proper and inexperienced couple's first night of marriage. |
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| 165. A set of electric illuminated rectal, vaginal, and urethral specula that were patented in 1899. |
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| 166. A high quality c. 1850 antique dental toothkey marked: H. HERNSTEIN. This handsome dental antique has an exaggerated dog-leg shaft and a removable rotating and reversible fulcrum that allows the claw to be adjusted to whatever tooth is to be extracted. The handle is checked-coromandel. At 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) long, this is relatively large toothkey. The dental and surgical instrument maker Hermann Hernstein was active in New York City from 1843 to 1861. Signed American toothkeys are scarce. See Edmonson, p. 220. SOLD |
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| 167. A very rare c. 1780 spanner for working the tension nut of an amputation saw blade. |
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