| 114. A rare Snow & Lewis, Buffalo, mechanical dental plugger with patent dates ranging from 1865 to 1869. This instrument was in production by the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company until about 1872, when an improved plugger was marketed. |
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| 115. An 1830s lithotomy set containing seven antique urological instruments. The two major instruments are each hand engraved: Weiss' Screw Lithotrite. A scoop forceps is stamped: G[EORGE] R[EX] / WEISS / LONDON. (The monarch is George IV, who died in 1830.) The tooled-leather case also has a Weiss trade label that reads: WEISS / Manufacturer of / Surgical Instruments / and every description of cutlery. / 62. Strand London / Razor Maker to the King. The royal warrant was issued to Weiss by William IV (1830-1837). Weiss, himself, defends this lithotrite in the Lancet (London), 1834-5, i, pp. 243-45, against an infringement by a rival. The screw lithotrite is illustrated in Weiss 1863, pl. XXIV, fig. 5, and described as Weiss's Original Lithotrite. This is an exceedingly rare and fine antique lithotomy set. |
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| 116. A c. 1850 antique bloodletting fleam by Holmes, Derby, England. The brass case is beautifully hand-engraved: Fr[anci]s Osborne / Derby. |
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117. A very well made c. 1830 antique amputee's combination knife and fork.
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| 118. A
clinical thermometer by Becton, Dickinson, with sterling silver case. |
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| 119. The 1809 University of New York Society of Medicine and Surgery diploma of John H. Sackett (d. 1822). At the top is a lovely representation of the emblem of the medical and surgical school, which is encircled by a blue ribbon. The text is in Latin. Framed and quite attractive. Dr. Sackett (d.1822) served as a U.S. Army surgeon from 1812 to 1821. The first signatory is Dr. Samuel Akerly (1785-1845), who is noted for promoting, in 1831, the establishment of The New York Institution for the Blind. The other signers include John Wakefield Francis (1789-1861), a co-founder of the New York Academy of Medicine and on the staff of Bellevue Hospital, Thomas Edward Steele, William E. Wurett (?), and Hunting Sherrill. | 
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| 120. A Civil War stereoview photograph titled: Bringing in the Wounded. |
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| 121. A small working model of a folding medical stretcher/cot. The canvas is stamped: ARMY. The legs of this antique stretcher can be folded-away. This is either a patent or teaching model. One foot long. |
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