| 82. A lecture ticket to attend classes on surgery and surgical anatomy at the Medical Institute of Baltimore for the academic year of 1851-52. The ticket was issued to James M. Clarke for the class taught by John R.W. Dunbar, M.D. The vignette features a cadaver on a table. |
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| 83. A c. 1900 Tiemann's pattern antique bullet forceps with locking mechanism. |
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| 84. A fine example of an antique doctor's watch with pulsations dial and chronograph functions. The c. 1952 movement, case, and dial are signed UNVER, which is a trademark of the watchmaker Universal Genève. To determine a pulse one would start the chronograph, count 30 pulsations, stop the chronograph, and a special dial allows one to directly read the number of pulsations per minute. All functions are in proper working order. |
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| 85. A very scarce c. 1800 ivory model eye. One of the most desirable ophthalmic and anatomical antiques. |
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| 86. An
important Civil War date minor surgery pocket set by George Tiemann, New
York. The set contains some 20 instruments. An inscribed
sterling silver plaque is attached to the exterior of the leather
wallet. The high quality jeweler's hand-engraving reads: Surgeon
J.D. Mitchell, 8th Maine Volunteers / from Members of the Staff of
the late / Major General O.M. Mitchel. / New York, Jan. 10th 1863.
This is the only Civil War presentation minor surgery pocket set
known to this dealer.
Dr. Joseph Davis Mitchell was born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick, about 1823. In 1850, he received his medical degree from Harvard. He served at Beaufort, South Carolina, as an acting assistant surgeon in the spring of 1862, then as surgeon to the 8th Main from July 1862 to April 1863. In March 1863, Surgeon Mitchell was with the 8th Maine on an expedition to Jacksonville, Florida, which, ironically, had been his pre-Civil War winter home. During this campaign, he suffered from heatstroke. From February 1864 to September 1864, Mitchell was surgeon to the 31st Maine. He contracted rheumatism at the Battle of Spotsylvania, in May 1864, though he was able to remain in the field until August. A medical discharged was issued to him in September. Besides Spotsylvania, Mitchell saw action with the 31st Maine at the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. Surgeon Mitchell has seven citations for amputations in the Medical & Surgical History, most dating to June and July of 1864. The 31st was at the Crater on 20 July, and one of his amputation surgeries, to a soldier presumably wounded during that unusual action, was performed on that day. The portrait of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1809-1862) is taken from the 10 May 1862 issue of Harper's Weekly. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/HWJ&CISOPTR=5&REC=6 Link to the Cincinnati Observatory. |
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87. A fine c. 1870 antique Stokes monaural stethoscope with rubber ring percussor incorporated at the rim of the earplate.
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| 88. J. Julian Chisolm, A Manual of Military Surgery for the Use of Surgeons in the Confederate States Army. 2nd ed. 514 pp. Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. Chisolm (1830-1903) was the foremost surgeon in the Confederacy, and his important military surgery manual went through three editions. This Civil War book is signed and dated by the original owner: T[homas] D. Stokes and June 7th 1862. Dr. Stokes (1817-1886) was born in Caswell Co, North Carolina, and practice and died in Danville, Virginia. He was an 1839 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. This Confederate manual is in fine condition and has its original binding, medical forms, and foldout. |
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| 89. A c. 1890 antique Goodell's uterine dilator made by Lentz, Philadelphia. The grips are ebony. |
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