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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 or  to call (217) 348-1009 for additional details and to place an order.

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106.   A fine antique urological catheter set by Brady & Martin, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  The fitted-case includes a complete complement of 12 sterling silver male catheters of various diameters, each with its own clean-out.  Also, the original glass bottle for a lubricant is present.   urology, catheter set, Brady and Martin.jpg (88865 bytes)
107.   Samuel S. Fitch, Diseases of the Heart, 132 pp., 6 figs.  New York, Fitch, 1859.  

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108.   A replica of a 17th century ivory anatomical model of a pregnant woman in the manner of Stephan Zick (1639-1715) .

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109.  A collection of three massive c. 1860 bone forceps, all with the Tiemann mark.  The top forceps has a rounded nose, the blades of the middle are at a right angle, and the blades of the bottom forceps are at a slight angle.  Only the latter appears in any of the Tiemann catalogues.  Tiemann calls it Liston's Bone Forceps, curved on the flat.  See Tiemann 1889, p. 103, fig. 1592.  (It is also illustrated in the 1872 and 1879 catalogues.)  

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110.   A very rare sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young doctor posed with his pocket set of minor surgery instruments. The doctor holds an instrument in one hand and he is wearing a flamboyantly embroidered vest. The photograph dates to the 1840s and represents an early medical occupational daguerreotype at its best. The original seal is intact. 

 

111.  An ear-piercing apparatus marked: Mulford & Bonnet / New York. / Patented June 25, 1878.  A copy of the original patent is included.    

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112.  A late 19th century antique magnifying glass in a sterling-marked silver lyre-shaped mount (four inches long) for a chatelaine.  

113.  A pair of c. 1850 antique trephine instruments.  The upper antique neurosurgical instrument is a lenticular, while the lower is a rasp. Both surgical tools have ebony handles.  See Tiemann 1889, p. 98, figs. 1535 and 1546.  

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