| 150. The X-Ray
Department of the Brook War Hospital, Woolwich, London, c. 1916.
Note the array of x-ray tubes on the back wall and the developed x-ray
images attached to the door. The radiographer
in charge was Norman J.L. Simpson and the photograph was taken for the British
Medical Journal. The Brook War Hospital, formerly the Brook
Fever Hospital (1896), was operated as a military hospital from
September 1915 to November 1919. SOLD |
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| 151. The
autograph of Denton A. Cooley, M.D. (b. 1920), a graduate of Johns
Hopkins and a noted cardiovascular surgeon, on
his business card. |
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| 152. A c. 1930s educational
dental tooth doll. One side shows a smiling healthy tooth, while
the other side features a grimacing cavity tooth. |
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| 153. A c. 1960 WISC Object
Assembly Test puzzle of a male face. The psychology testing puzzle
and original box are in very fine condition. |
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| 154. A c. 1870s antique minor surgical set
by the rare maker J.H.A. Folkers & Brother, San Francisco.
See Edmonson,
p. 173. |
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| 155. A c. 1850
English antique medicine chest with all of its original bottles.
Note the extensive use of brass-banding on the exterior. |
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| 156. A c. 1850 George
Tiemann's Patent 1846 scarificator. The full mark reads: G.
TIEMANN / N-YORK / PATENTED / AUG 20th / 1846. All 12
oblique blades are present, the handle is horn, and this antique
bloodletting instrument is in perfect working order. See
Tiemann
1889, p. 115, fig. 1650.
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| 157. A large c. 1860
antique trocar with cannula. The instrument was used for bladder
puncture through the rectum. The cannula is solid silver and the
handle is ebony. See Tiemann
1889, p. 128, fig. 1728 |
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