ALEX PECK MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ANTIQUES ARCHIVE, P. 37

ALEX PECK MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ANTIQUES ARCHIVES

PAGE 37

________________________________

An 1850s pair of first model Elliot’s obstetrical forceps that controls the compression of the blades by a sliding pivot and a series of stops. See Hibbard, p. 104, fig. 7.13.

______________________________________________________

A genuine antique ceramic Fowler phrenology bust that was used by Frank Payne (d. 1939), a phrenologist who practiced in England. He immigrated to Canada in 1927 and, subsequently, to the United States in 1928. This c. 1880 bust is shown in a Payne household picture dating to 1952, and it was recently purchased from the granddaughter of Mr. Payne, the little girl seated on the left of her mother.

__________________________________

A c. 1860 antique gynecological (vaginal) speculum and obturator made of sycamore (?). The obturator was used to apply medications to the mouth of the cervix. It could also be used to direct a leech to the cervix.

_________________________________________

An early twentieth century life-size anatomical model of the human heart. The painted-plaster heart comes apart into two sections and it fits to a wooden base.

_____________________________________

A c. 1880 Blake's anesthesia inhaler with wire mesh cone insert. The mouth of the antique tin ether cone is shaped to cover the mouth and nose. The gauze for absorbing the inhalant appears to be original.

__________________________________________

A rare 1824 doctor's bill to The Proprietor of the Negro Woman Dicey from Dr. John Cullen, Richmond, Virginia. One entry is for bleeding the patient. Dr. Cullen (1797-1849) is noted as spearheading the founding, in 1838, of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sidney College, Richmond, which was chartered as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1854.

________________________________________

A c. 1850 Lever's antique obstetric cranioclast by Hilliard (2), Glasgow . See Hibbard, p. 248, fig. 19.28, and Bennion, p. 320.

__________________________________

A c. 1860s antique obstetrical forceps marked on the inside of the handles: J. WEISS & SON / LONDON // BARNES FORCEPS. The design was introduced in 1862 by Robert Barnes (1817-1907), a London obstetrician. See Hibbard, p. 94-95, fig. 6.30. Weiss was the best of the English makers at the mid-century.

_______________________________________________

a.peck@mchsi.com

Page 37

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

Home Page Collecting Alerts Reference Books Sale Catalogue Wants