| 176. A fine c. 1890 Anel's lachrymal syringe with three points and original case. This antique ophthalmic set is beautifully made and complete. See Tiemann 1889, p. 149, fig. 1820. |
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| 177. A very rare c. 1880 antique ear trumpet concealed within a lady's folding fan. The antique acoustic fan (l'éventail acoustique) is marked by the maker Franck-Valéry Frères, Paris. The antique hearing aid is shown in a Franck-Valéry catalogue from the 1880s. |
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178. A very scarce c. 1850s daguerreotype image of a physician taking a lady's pulse. Note the open pocket watch in the doctor's other hand. The photograph was made by James Tyler & Co. at the Great Daguerreotype Depot, Cincinnati, Ohio. This dealer has seen dags of the medical profession posing with books, medicines, surgical instruments, bones, etc., but none previously that show this diagnostic scene. SOLD |
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| 179. A c. 1890 antique veterinary large animal mouth speculum (gag) by Arnold & Son, London. This substantial instrument has a walnut handle. |
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| 180. An antique Well's percussion hammer with flexible baleen handle. SOLD |  |
| 181. A c. 1900 antique Satterlee-type amputation saw by Pilling, Philadelphia. |
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| 182. A c. 1860 antique aspirating set by Codman & Shurtleff, Boston. SOLD |
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| 183. A c. 1850 porcelain phrenology wax seal with brass base. The antique phrenology seal has not been engraved. Letter wax seals were a popular means of insuring privacy of correspondence during the Victorian (and earlier) period. 3.25" tall. SOLD |
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