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. 13. A very rare c. 1770 antique tourniquet with brass frame and original leather pads and woven linen strap. This classic Revolutionary War period tourniquet is of the pattern found in Jean-Jacques Perret, L'Art du Coutelier, Paris, 1772.
Page 6. 37. A quality pair of sterling silver-mounted brushes with the backs of each monogrammed L.B.T., the initials of Lyman Beecher Todd, M .D., a cousin and close friend of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Todd graduated from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, in 1854, and he was at the deathbed of Lincoln on April 14, 1865. These Lincoln-related artifacts recently came from the estate of Dr. Todd's granddaughter.
Page 26. 205. An antique x-ray tube made by Green & Bauer, Hartford, Connecticut. The glass is marked with patent dates of 1911 through 1916. 21" long.
Page 29. 232. A fine pair of c. 1890 antique clinical thermometers by F. Darton, London, in their original leather case. The set includes an axilla (bent) and an oral thermometer.
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