| 42. A fine silver
medal awarded by the School of Medicine Edinburgh to George Sinclair for
the first prize in General Pathology, 1880-81 session. Dr. J.B.
Buist was the lecturer. A monumental staff of Asklepios (Aesculapius)
is featured on the reverse. The rim is stamped: 87
PERCENT [SILVER CONTENT]. The diameter is 4.8 cm. |
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| 43.
A
c. 1780 antique neurosurgical trepanning set by Lichtenberger,
Strasbourg. SOLD |
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| 44. A
c. 1860s antique bloodletting scarificator by Leypoldt, Philadelphia.
American made scarificators are rare. |
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| 45. A
c. 1860 Flint's percussor with hard rubber handle embossed: G.
Tiemann & Co. See Tiemann
1889, p. 7, fig. 1050. SOLD |
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| 46. A very
rare c. 1870s antique craniometer and goniometer as designed by Dr. Paul Broca
(1824-1880), the founder of modern neurosurgery and pioneer in the study
of localized brain function. For a biography
of Paul Broca, who is also noted as an anatomist, anthropologist, and
early supporter of Charles Darwin, please see this link.
The fine instrument was made by Mathieu, Paris, and an old tag is attached
that gives a reference to the 1873 Mathieu trade catalogue. The wood and brass Broca craniometer offered here is complete and in pristine condition.
SOLD |
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| 47. An
antique amputation set by Windler, Berlin. All of the original
surgical instruments are present and in fine condition. The
handles are ebony. |
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| 48. A ca.
1850s L.N. Fowler phrenology lecture ticket. The reverse of the
ticket is inscribed in L.N. Fowler's hand, Second vertibra [sic] of
an Egyptian Mummy 3000 years old. Taken from the Tombs of Egypt by
Mr. Gliddon the Ex American Consul. Presented by L.N.
Fowler. The vertebra is actually the Atlas and it is from an Egyptian mummy once belonging to
George Robins Gliddon (1809-57), then Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811-1896).
Edgar Allen Poe (1809–1849), Some Words with a Mummy. SOLD |
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| 49. A set of
antique acupuncture needles in a morroco
leather slip case. The outfit includes 6 needles, each
with an ivory finger grip, and is believed to be of English make.
SOLD |
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