168. A c. 1650 iron bow frame capital amputation saw with smooth wood grip. The blade is quite wide to compensate for the then current state of metallurgy. This antique surgical saw is over twenty inches long. SOLD
170. A c. 1880 antique circumcision guard marked: KROHNE & SESEMANN / LONDON. The antique circumcision shield has a highly decorative silhouette. The London surgical instrument and appliance maker Krohne and Sesemann was in business from c. 1860 until 1926. Antique circumcision instruments are scarce. SOLD
171. A c. 1880-1900 pair of antique dumbbells turned from maple. The set makes for a fine antique physical therapy artifact. Each is 9" long.
172. A World War I artillery part-shell casing that is professionally engraved: This shell was picked up on / MONT DURY / by Nursing Sister / OLIVE GOAD / in the Spring of 1919 / NEAR THE PLACE WHERE HAROLD FELL / 2nd SEPT 1918. Mont Dury, France, was the site of an August-September 1918 engagement between British and Canadian forces and the German army. For more information about this battle in which the Canadian Corps suffered 5,600 casualties, click here. A website dedicated to the history of the Canadian Nursing Sisters can be found here. The brass 4.5 howitzer shell is manufacture dated 1915 and the firing charge is dated 9/17. There are numerous other stampings, including CF (Charge loaded with cordite / Full charge) above the military property broad-arrow mark and a circled letter A followed by a dot, which indicates that the shell casing was reloaded twice. This is a poignant medical-related memorial souvenir of WWI.
175. An articulated full-leg double incline splint made of wood and with fixtures of brass. The foot-rest is adjustable and the slits in the boards were used for attaching cloth tape which would hold the leg and foot tight. Pressed into the wood of the footrest is: L. ROES / PATENT / MAY 6 1844. A brass adjusting rod at the joint is missing. This is the earliest American-made splint known to this dealer. Exceedingly scarce.
