Alex Peck Medical, Surgical, and Dental Antiques and Books
Sale Catalogue Recent Additions
Below is a listing of recent additions to the Sale Catalogue.
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Page 2. 10. A fine c. 1840 antique Read's New Patent enema with rare original brass-bound mahogany case. The reservoir has a fancy applied plaque that states: READ'S NEW PATENT / 35, REGENT CIRCUS / LONDON.
Page 2. 12. A rare c. 1860 ninth-plate ambrotype image of a lady holding a tin horn antique hearing aid. The antique medical photograph is tinted.
Page 6. 40. A suture set.
Page 8. 52. A c. 1880 antique ear trumpet made of tin with a black finish. The body of the ear horn is a series of soldered doughnut-shaped segments. The bulbous segments were designed to further amplify sound. This type of antique hearing device is identified as a Corrugated Ear Trumpet in the George Tiemann 1889 catalogue, p. 189, fig. 2034.
Page 12. 86. A c. 1880 antique ear trumpet featured in the 1889 George Tiemann catalogue as: Fig. 2027.----German Silver Ear Trumpet. The antique hearing horn also appears in the Tiemann 1874 catalogue, Fig. 220.
Page 14. 101. A very early capital amputation saw from Jacobean England. The saw is impressed with the H mark of Robert Hobbs, London, fl. c. 1606-1621. Instruments by Hobbs are believed to be the earliest extant English maker-marked surgical instruments. A nearly identical saw is illustrated in John Woodall, The Surgeon's Mate, 1639. This is precisely the saw that one would expect to have been used by Giles Heale, a member of the Barber-Surgeon's Company and the ship's surgeon on the Mayflower, and by Samuel Fuller, the surgeon of Plymouth Colony. 25" long.
Page 15. 107. A fine and rare American set of c. 1860 antique lachrymal probes by Codman & Shurtleff, Boston. The probes are silver and numbered size 1 through 8.
Page 15. 110. An 18th century antique bloodletting fleam with brass case engraved: WAS.
Page 26. 205. An antique x-ray tube made by Green & Bauer, Hartford, Connecticut. This x-ray tube is model #5483 and has an initial patent date of Sept. 5 1911. The maker's trade mark of a shamrock and patent information are etched on the main x-ray tube. This fine radiology antique is nearly 22" in length and is in perfect condition with no cracks, scratches, or corrosion.
Page 28. 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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