| 225. A c. 1780-1800 antique metacarpal saw as designed by Dr. Bell. |
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| 226. A
dated 1917 World War I U.S.
Army surgeon's uniform that belonged to
Dr. Francis A. Stiles. |
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| 227. A c. 1945 Bulova one-button chronometer as used by doctor's to determine a pulse rate. The control for setting, starting, and stopping the sweeping second hand is built within the crown. The handsome 10K rolled-gold case has horn-shaped lugs, a popular style in the 1940s. |
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| 228. A 1935 Royal Lifesaving Society silver medal, Award of Merit. Well made in typical high-quality, British silversmith style and marked. One side depicts a rescue and the other side shows Victory with a garland and is neatly engraved: H. E. Wilson 1935. |
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229. A c. 1880 Tobold’s concealed laryngeal trocar lancet. See Tiemann 1889, p. 267, fig. 2487. |
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230. An original illustration and description of a WWI surgical operation performed by Lt. Col. Charles Harrison Frazier (1870-1936), a pioneer American neurosurgeon. The patient suffered a gunshot wound at the Argonne Forest, 21 October 1918. Nearly a year later, Surgeon Frazier operated on the damaged sciatic nerve at the U.S. Army base hospital at Cape May, New Jersey, or at Fox Hills, Staten Island, New York. For biographies of Dr. Frazier, please click to these sites: A. and B. The artist is E.L. Henry. |
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| 231. An antique 1950s doctor cookie jar with base marked Japan. The doctor is very plump (the better to hold lots of cookies) and stands 13" high. Could this have inspired some child to go into medicine? |
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| 232. A fine pair of c. 1890 antique clinical thermometers by F. Darton, London, in their original leather case. The exquisite set includes an axilla (bent) and an oral thermometer. |
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