21.  An 1840s sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young man wearing unusual oblong-shaped glasses. The man is blind in one eye. The original seal of the daguerreotype is intact and the antique  image is in very fine condition.

  22.  A rare c. 1880 surgeon's pocket knife containing six instruments,  including a bistoury, finger knife, Syme's abcess knife, scalpel, gum lancet, and director/probe.  Each instrument is marked by the maker:  ARNOLD / & SONS / LONDON.  Attached to one side of the grip horn slabs is a silver plate engraved with the name of the original owner:  E. Crundall.

  23.  A rare c. 1840 pewter antique vaginal douche with anthropomorphic nozzle.  Dr. Heber Chase, of Philadelphia, describes the construction and use of his Improved Female Syringe in the February 1837 issue of The American Journal of Medical Sciences.  The antique gynecological instrument is also pictured in Henry Smith, M.D., The Principles and Practice of Surgery, 1863, Vol. II, pl. LVIII, fig. 20.  The caption reads: Chase's vaginal syringe. Shield to close the vulva and assist in retaining the injection. 

  24.  A  new-old-stock c. 1960s Breitling doctor's wristwatch chronometer with pulse scale.  To determine a pulse one would start the chronograph, count 15 pulsations, stop the chronograph, and a special dial ring allows one to directly read the number of pulsations per minute.  While a large watch, it is not bulky due to the composite material case.  This high quality doctor's watch has never been worn and it is in excellent working order, the mechanical Valjoux 7730 movement having been recently cleaned and oiled.  James Bond wears a similar Breitling two-register chronometer in the 1965 movie Thunderball.

  25.    A Hewlett Packard Rappaport Sprague binaural stethoscope in its original presentation case.  The stethoscope is in unused condition and comes with all the original accessories and operating manual.  SOLD

    26.   A scarce signed and dated 1855 antique anatomical model of the human head by Auzoux.  The model is oversized (18" OAH) and termed greatly enlarged by Auzoux.  The half of a human head is quite detailed and dramatic.  First generation French Auzoux anatomical models are very desirable.

  27.  A very fine c. 1860 double rachitome marked V[ICTORIA REGINA] / WEISS / LONDON. This is a horrific looking antique autopsy instrument that was used to remove a cross-section of spinal cord from a corpse during an autopsy. The distance between the two blades can be adjusted. The ebony handles are well cross-checked. The antique post mortem instrument is identified as Charriere’s Double Saw for the spine and illustrated in Weiss 1863, pl. XLIII, fig. 12.  Weiss was the finest English surgical instrument maker at the time.  Also see Tiemann 1889, p. 16, fig. 1122.