| 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. An early 20th century faux tortoiseshell hearing aid marked HARRYS / DEPOSE / PARIS. |
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| 132. A c. 1920 set of antique acupuncture needles by R. Badoux, Paris. A packet of extra blades is stamped: AIGUILLES D'ACUPUNCTURE. The purpose-built needle case comes with its original leather slipcover. |
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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. An antique anatomical model of the human heart by Auzoux, Paris. This life-size écorché is highly realistic, as one expects from Auzoux, and it is the finest 19th century model of the heart. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), a French anatomist and physician, saw the need for highly accurate anatomical models, as an alternative to cadaver study, and founded, in the 1820s, a company to make them. Due to the great care and attention to detail that went into their manufacture, hand-painted antique Auzoux papier-mâché models are prized. |
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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 superb antique pap boat with hallmarks for the London maker James Stamp and the date 1785/6. Note the decorative bright cut design along the border of this infant and invalid feeder.
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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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