Here is a dental extracting forceps
that was identified as a unique Civil War bullet extractor. True bullet extractors tend
to be thin and straight, so as to require a small path to follow through the
flesh, and rather delicate instruments. Not characteristics found in
dental forceps. Indeed unique! |
![mis id, dental forceps called bullet extractor.jpg (31323 bytes)](mis_id_dental_forceps_called_bullet_extractor_small1.jpg) |
A uterine vulsellum/polyp forceps said to be a
bullet forceps. Many types gynecological forceps are similarly
misidentified. |
![mis id, Betz CW bullet forceps.jpg (42249 bytes)](mis_id_Betz_CW_bullet_forceps_small.jpg)
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A set offered as a dental
caponizing set. Odd description since a capon is a castrated
rooster. |
![mis id, dental caponizing set.jpg (60616 bytes)](mis_id_dental_caponizing_set_small.jpg)
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Said to be a hearing aid, this is
part of a Eastern European/Middle Eastern coffee making set. This
tool has also been mis-described as a stethoscope. |
![mis id, 18th c. hearing aid.jpg (34320 bytes)](mis_id_18th_c._hearing_aid_small.jpg) |
This is a fine mechanic's
stethoscope set alleged to be a medical stethoscope. While an
engine may be the heart of a machine, it isn't a human heart. |
![mis id, Capac's mechanic's stethoscope.jpg (36060 bytes)](mis_id_Capacs_mechanics_stethoscope_small.jpg)
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Lancashire hacksaws are often
mistakenly described as amputations saws. |
![mis id, Lancashire hacksaw.jpg (19512 bytes)](mis_id_Lancashire_hacksaw_small.jpg)
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Identified as a Civil War
amputation knife, this is a ritual Kosher slaughtering (Shehita) knife
by Grunewald. |
![mis id, CW amputation knife by Grunewald.jpg (18534 bytes)](mis_id_CW_amputation_knife_by_Grunewald_small.jpg)
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This pocket knife and fork set
were thought to be a vaccinating set. |
![mis id, knife and fork called vac.jpg (71166 bytes)](mis_id_knife_and_fork_called_vac_small.jpg) |
Reproduction Civil war quinine
tins can be mistaken for the genuine article such as was the case with
this tin. The printing and paper of the label is incorrect.
This tin was made for the re-enactor market. |
![mis-id, fake quinine tin.jpg (135071 bytes)](mis-id_fake_quinine_tin_small.jpg)
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A silver ashtray by Tiffany that
was described to be a pap boat. |
![](mis_id_Tiffany_ashtray_pap_boat_small.jpg) |
This is a veterinarian's set, not
a Civil War field surgeon's set. |
![mis id, cw field set, aka vet set.jpg (282607 bytes)](mis_id_cw_field_set_aka_vet_set_small.jpg)
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Probably a butcher's fillet
knife, it is not a surgical knife as thought. Lamsom, the
maker, made cutlery but not surgical instruments. |
![mis-id, Lamsom knife.jpg (41935 bytes)](mis-id_Lamsom_knife_small.jpg) |
This is a boot pull, not a dental
instrument as was supposed. |
![mis id, boot pull dental instrument.jpg (37941 bytes)](mis_id_boot_pull_dental_instrument_small.jpg)
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While this saw has markings
indicating ownership by the U.S. Marine Corps, it is not an amputation
saw. It is a butcher's saw. |
![mis id, Marine Corps amputation saw.jpg (24344 bytes)](mis_id_Marine_Corps_amputation_saw_small.jpg) |
A common meat fork does not miraculously
become a breast amputating fork, as has been thought. The
illustration from the 1770s shows a genuine breast fork. |
![mis id, breast fork.jpg (16784 bytes)](mis_id_breast_fork_small.jpg)
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For a reason impossible to
fathom, these pieces were thought to be dental instruments. |
![mis id, dental tools.jpg (51950 bytes)](mis_id_dental_tools_small.jpg) |
Here is an ersatz Civil War 1861
field kit. An old box has been taken, the interior partially
relined and filled with a patent 1861 Leypoldt bloodletting
scarificator, dental extracting forceps and other instruments. The
box, itself, is post-war. |
![mis id, Leypoldt pat 1861 field kit.jpg (65959 bytes)](mis_id_Leypoldt_pat_1861_field_kit_small.jpg)
![mis id, Leypoldt pat 1861 field kit, tray out.jpg (81705 bytes)](mis_id_Leypoldt_pat_1861_field_kit_tray_out_small.jpg)
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