| 130. A hand-illustrated drawing of an Ottoman Turk dental scene showing the application of a drill hand-powered by a bow. A most interesting and decorative composition. |
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| 131. A c. 1900 antique hypodermic syringe by L. Dumez-J. Lepetit, Paris. Wire clean-outs are stored in the lid. |
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| 132. A fine c. 1850 antique phrenology bust inkwell embossed along the front: By F. Bridges / Phrenologist. Note that it is rare to find the accents in gold. 5.5" tall |
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| 133. An exquisite and scarce cased-set of c. 1870 antique gynecological instruments with silver fittings and porcupine quill shafts. The instruments, known as Bennett's uterine set, are a scarifying lancet, a sponge holder, and a caustic holder. The compendium was made by Wood & Co., York. This is the very set pictured in Bennion, Pl. IV. |
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| 134. A c. 1890 antique suture needle holder by Codman and Shurtleff, Boston. The handles are hard rubber. |
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| 135. A
scarce and fine c. 1880 temple (small size) brass scarificator by Evans,
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| 136. A case for antique
blood transfusion instruments made by George Tiemann, New York.
The brass lid cartouche is engraved: Lindeman / Transfusion Set.
In 1913, Edward Lindeman, of Bellevue Hospital, New York, introduced a
new needle method of blood transfusion, an advancement over the surgery
method. Lindeman's system employed multiple syringes and cannulae.
By 1915, when the four-way stopcock procedure was developed by Unger,
the more cumbersome Lindeman scheme fell-out of favor. While all
the instruments are missing...indeed, this dealer has never seen a set
for sale, the case and cartouche, in-and-of-themselves, are worthy of
interest to the student of blood transfusion history. |
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| 137. A fine c. 1860s antique clinical thermometer with ivory scale and original case. This interesting diagnostic instrument is known as an axilla (armpit) thermometer. The backside of the ivory is marked: LEACH & GREENE / BOSTON. The medical instrument maker Leach & Greene was in business from 1862 to 1900. See Edmonson, p. 198.
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| 138. A very fine and early antique ophthalmoscope by Ferguson, London. The trade label reads: Ferguson, / Surgeon's / Instrument Maker / to / St. Bartholemew's / Hospital / 21, Giltspur Street, Smithfield, London. Daniel Ferguson, surgical instrument maker, is listed at this address for the years c. 1828 to c. 1851. This instrument, in effect, is the first of the ophthalmoscopes that incorporated a convex lens and allowed for an indirect method of examination, as introduced by Theodore Ruete. |
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| 139. A c. 1880 gynecological mechanical curette with ebony handle. A lever just above the handle moves to a right angle a small tip cup. Unsigned, but by Katsch, Munich. |
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