| 217. A c. 1820 antique bloodletting thumb lancet set in tortoiseshell case with silver fittings. The blades are marked by Evans, a London-based company noted for its lancets. |
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218. A silver c. 1820 antique tongue depressor marked: ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S / HOSPITAL // WHITFORD [surmounted by a crown]. St. Barts, England's oldest hospital, is located in West Smithfield, London, as was the surgical instrument maker Whitford (fl. 1798 to 1823). SOLD
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| 219. A high quality 19th century bronze bust of Hippokrates (Hippocrates), the Greek physician and Father of Medicine. The portrait is dated 1854, stands 13.5" tall with marble plinth, and weighs over 15 pounds. BUST OF HIPPOCRATES |
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| 220. A very rare c. 1830 antique phrenology bust, possibly made by Derby porcelain. The phrenology antique offered here resembles the Gall and Combe type busts seen in their respective publications. While the Fowler busts of the 1860s and through the later 19th century are more common, this is a scarce porcelain antique phrenology head of an earlier generation. This dealer is aware of only a few other examples. 30 cm tall.
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| 221. A Georgian pocket balance set with pans and two weights apparently made of a solid white metal, possibly tin or electrum. (I've had the set for nearly 20 years and it has yet to tarnish.) The exterior of the formed-sheet iron case has a faux tortoise shell painted decoration. |
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| 222. A
c. 1870 cabinet photograph of Dr. Rob[er]t. A. Gunn, 42 E 22nd St. N.Y. /
American Institute of Phrenology. The backmark is that of Davis
Garber Photos, 747 Broadway, New York.
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| 223. A very rare Model 1860 Staff and Field Officer's sword by Ames with caduceus etched on the blade. For a discussion of this variant Civil War sword and the Medical Staff, see Peterson, p. 141-142, fig. 125, and the following photograph in this catalogue. SOLD |
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| 224. A CDV of Reed Brockway Bontecou, M.D., Brigade Surgeon U.S. Volunteers, on the porch of his residence at Harewood Hospital. Dr. Bontecou (1824-1907) was one of the foremost surgeons of the Civil War and surgeon-in-charge of U.S. Army Harewood Hospital, Washington, D.C. He is remembered, in particular, for his U.S. Army medical and surgical photographs, which are largely reproduced in the Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion. These are the earliest photographs to systematically document orthopedic surgery. Note that Surgeon Bontecou is wearing what one would take to be a Model 1860 Staff and Field Officer's sword, not the expected Model 1840 Medical Staff sword, though it may actually be a Medical Staff sword variant. See Peterson, p. 141-142, fig. 125, for a discussion of this peculiar medical sword, and the immediate previous catalogue entry. SOLD |
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