| 192. A
c. 1850 antique tourniquet by Young, Edinburgh. This Petit
tourniquet has never been used and still retains its original seal that
keeps the woven linen strap wrapped in place. |
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| 193. An interesting
and high quality c. 1940s antique doctor's watch by Girard-Perregaux. The two-tone
pulsation dial is in superb original condition, and the chronometer
movement and case are signed. The teardrop lugs are most
attractive and very '40s. To determine a pulse,
one would start the chronograph, count 30 pulsations, stop the
chronograph, and a special dial allows one to directly read the number
of pulsations per minute. All functions are in proper working
order. |
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| 194.
A handsome CDV of Dr. John F. Huber (1837-1868) in
Federal uniform. The reverse of the CDV is signed: Your
affectionate father / J.F. Huber / late Surgeon in 131st Pa. Vol. / now
Med. Director / Genl. Franklin's Div. The photograph was taken
c. 1863 at a Lancaster studio. Huber served as a surgeon in the
49th and 131st Pennsylvania Infantry from August 1861 to May 1863.
Huber became a Civil War Surgeon U.S. Volunteers in November 1863, and he
was mustered out in June 1866. During part of this period, he was
in charge of the U.S. Army hospital at Hilton Head. Huber lived in
Lancaster and was an 1859 graduate of the Pennsylvania Medical College.
This school was established in 1839 by Dr. George McClellan and, though
a part of the Gettysburg-based Pennsylvania College, it was sited in
Philadelphia. It went out of business in 1861.
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| 195. A
c. 1880 antique Collins' nasal speculum. |
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| 196. A
large c. 1850 antique bloodletting spring lancet with original
fitted-case. |
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| 197. A c. 1960 E.R. Squibb & Sons ether tin and original box. |
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| 198.
A most rare solid
silver bordeloue (female urinal) with original leather case. Both the antique
bordeloue and case are engraved with the British royal coronet of four
crosses-patée and four fleurs-de-lis alternately Or (only three
crosses and two fleurs-de-lis visible) and the letters L F,
which crossover one another. According to the College of Arms,
London, the cipher is that of Her Royal Highness Princess Louise
Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931). She was
the eldest daughter of King Edward VII, and in 1905 she was created The
Princess Royal. For her biography, please see this link. |
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| 199. An antique
anthropometric caliper made by Hawksley & Sons, 83 Wigmore Street,
London. The instrument belonged to the anthropologist Rachel Mary
Fleming (1881-1968), University of Aberystwyth, Wales. Fleming was
involved with the eugenics movement in England.
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