Alex Peck Antique Scientifica
Sale Catalogue
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Below is a listing of a few medical and scientific antiques that are currently for sale. Please feel free to send an e-mail for additional details and to place an order.
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| 74. A fine and large solid silver Practical Materia Medica award medal presented by William Craig, M.D., F.R.S.E., Lecturer, to Charles Horace Andrews for the Session of 1890. The other side of the medal has a deeply stamped coat–of-arms and motto of the School of Medicine, Surgeon’s Hall, Edinburgh. A silver neck chain is attached, though not shown here. |
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| 75. An attractive 1950s twelve-inch tall hand-blown clear glass display mixing beaker which is boldly wheel-engraved: CAGLE REXALL DRUGS / HANNIBAL, MISSOURI. Stars are also engraved about the legend. The photo shows Carol Cagle in front of his drug store. Cagle was in business from 1952 to 1965. |
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| 76. A c. 1890 antique Traube's percussor with ivory scales to the handle. | |
| 77. A large c. 1770 antique capital amputation saw with frame stamped: NANCY (France). The blade was replaced in the early 19th century, most likely, and has a mark that reads: GOLDENBERG, a well-known French tool maker. The massive grip is ebony and the overall length of the saw is 19.5". | |
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78. A c. 1920 sterling silver antique medicine spoon by Tiffany & Co., New York. The handle is engraved: BATHROOM.
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| 79. An 1840s sixth-plate antique medical daguerreotype of a man posed prominently holding the book Philosophy of Health by Larkin B. Coles, M.D. (1803-1856). The medical book was first published in 1848 and went through many editions. A copy of the 1850 printing of the book is included with the photograph. SOLD |
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| 80. A fine minor surgery set by W.F. Ford and Co., New York, the three-part wallet in red leather with nice gilding decoration. The set includes 14 pieces, including a porcelain tipped Nelaton's bullet probe. A few of the instruments are replacements. The wonderful feature of the set is a large silver presentation plate affixed to the closing flap. The engraved plaque reads: Presented to W.J.G. Dawson MD House Phys[icia]n / Lunatic Asylum N.Y. March 31st, 1868. / By the Comm[issione]rs of Public Charities & Correc[tio]n / Isaac Bell Jas. B. Nicholson O.W. Brennan / Jas. Bowen. The jeweler engraving is of the highest quality. William Joseph Gremley Dawson (1846-1918) was born in Canada and got his medical degree from the University of New York in 1867. He moved to California and had practices in San Francisco, St Helena, and Eldridge. He was affiliated with the California Home for Feebleminded Children, and died in Eldridge in 1918. Interestingly, Edmonson's directory includes a cased Cammann stethoscope by Ford that has a plaque with a presentation to another doctor by the same four commissioners and dated six months later in 1868! See Edmonson, p. 82, fig. 103. |
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| 81. A pair of antique silver-framed glasses with the inside left temple stamped: NOEL'S PAT[ENT] 11 JAN 1859. The left inside temple is further stamped: A I & C D. The original lenses are present. | ![]() |
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