| 66. A superb c. 1860 antique surgical set by John Weiss & Son, No. 62,
Strand, and No. 287, Oxford Street, arguably the best instrument maker in London at the time.
Note that the Weiss name appears in relief on many of the pressed-horn
handles; this feature is found on instruments
illustrated in the 1863 Weiss catalogue and in Bennion,
Plate I. The selection of saws, knives, trephines, chisels, bone
forceps, etc., favor orthopedic and neurologic (brain) surgery.
Two capital saws are present...the tenon saw was for arm and lower leg
amputations, while the Dr. Butcher's saw, introduced in 1851, was
designed for resectioning and hip amputation. The 1863 Weiss
catalogue presents a Marshall's Osteotribe, or Rosehead, for
Necrosis...and a fine example is found in the set. Also worthy
of mention is the trephine's handle with delicately segmented
finials. SOLD |
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| 67. A
rare 18th century antique magnifying glass marked: AYNS[WOR]TH
THWAITES / No. 4 / ROSOMON STREET / CLERKENWELL. The eye
glass dates to before 1751 when Aynsworth Thwaites' sons joined
with George Jeremiah Reed to form the noted London clock making company
Thwaites & Reed. |
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| 68. A
c. 1880 Allis' ether inhaler with interior cotton artificial sponge
shown both partial inserted and removed from the housing. The inhaler was invented in 1874
by Oscar H. Allis (1836-1931) of Philadelphia. See Tiemann
1889, p. 43, fig. 1249. |
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| 69. A fine c. 1840
antique Staffordshire jug decorated with two hand-painted groups of flowers
and numerous gold border flourishes. The front of the pitcher is signed
in a fancy gold script: Surgeon Wilmot / SG. The jug
was probably a presentation piece to a military surgeon, perhaps of the
Scots Guard. Such Staffordshire jugs were a popular gift in the nineteenth
century, and this dealer has seen one other that was given to a
veterinary surgeon. |
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| 70. A
c. 1885 antique pocketknife by George
Wostenholm, Sheffield. The slabs are sterling silver and one side
is engraved: Dr. Wm. S. Seamans.
Dr. William
Shepard Seamans (d. 1917) was an 1881 graduate of the Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and he
practiced in New York City. |
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| 71. A 1865
albumen photograph from the Army Medical Museum photographic series
illustrating a Recovery, without amputation, after a Gunshot Wound
through the Right Knee-joint. The subject is Private Peter
Stuck, Co. E, 116th Pennsylvania Volunteers, age 18, who was wounded at
Spotsylvania on 12 May 1864. Full details of this Civil War
medical case are printed
on the back of the image. |
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| 72. A c. 1840 O.W.R.
Eastman patent toothkey. The double-claw bolster can be removed
and rotated and reversed. This is the first example of this type
of antique dental key that this dealer has seen. |
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| 73. A
fine c. 1840 Staffordshire pedestal-shaped leeches jar. The
beehive lid has a
decorative pattern to the air holes. A similar jar, apparently by
the same potter, is pictured in Bennion,
p. 281, fig. 12. Also, see Crellin, Medical Ceramics in
the Wellcome Institute, p. 129 and fig. 239. The jar and lid
of this bloodletting antique are original to each other, and the blue
decoration is not faded. This is a great example of a 19th century
leech jar. (The jar offered is
about identical to the one shown.)
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