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A very well-made c. 1840 antique dental toothkey with an unusual swivel bolster.
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An antique phrenology bust of the Lorenzo N. Fowler type. The Old Hall Porcelain Works mark indicates that this Staffordshire ceramic dates to between 1891 and 1902. This is the first 19th century Fowler bust that this dealer has seen with a maker's stamp, and none is listed in the Wellcome medical collection as catalogue by Crellin.
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An antique Denman's obstetrical forceps ebony handles. The Tiemann mark, G. TIEMANN / 63 CHATHAM / NEW YORK, indicates that the forceps was made c. 1840-50. At a later date, the forceps was plated to extend its usefulness in the early period of sterilized instruments. See Edmonson, p. 234. The Denman-type forceps is named after Thomas Denman (1733-1815), a prominent English physician. See Hibbard, pp. 47-48.
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A nesting set of patent 1884 Ehrhardt's mouth specula. The description is from the Aloe medical supply catalogue, sixth edition, 1895.
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A c. 1870s Liebreich's ophthalmoscope by Maw, Son & Thompson, London. The pin-hole mirror has an ivory handle, and the complete set has six lenses, four being stored in a lid compartment.
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An exceptionally rare c. 1850 surface clinical thermometer with ivory scale and original box. The end of the ivory has a small hole for placing a string to swing the instrument and allow centrifugal force to reset the mercury, an early feature. This thermometer apparently pre-dates the ivory scaled axilla thermometer (see below). While not found in the Tiemann catalogues of the 1870s and 1880s (possibly too archaic a design for Tiemann), it is featured in the early offerings of Philadelphia makers Gemrig and Kern. The Mutter does not have an example and this is the first such thermometer seen by this dealer.
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A superb c. 1860 axilla clinical thermometer with ivory scale marked: G. TIEMANN & CO. NY. The instrument's original triangular-shaped case is present. Tiemann 1889, p. 4, fig. 1014.
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A fine silver medal struck in 1827 by the Medical Society of Toulouse, France. The obverse features a wonderful profile bust of Hippokrates (Hippocrates), the father of medicine, along with the staff of Asklepios (Aesculapius), the Greek god of medicine. The motto is ARCHAETYPUS HIC (This is the archetype. I.e., This bust is of the original physician). The rim is stamped: ARGENT (SILVER).
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