28.  A c. 1840 French lacquered papier-mâché snuff box with three views of a numbered phrenological skull (front, side, and back) on the cover and a directory of twenty-seven sentiments on the bottom. The box has a 3 and 1/4 inch diameter.

  29.   An antique nit comb with a genuine ivory handle and original case.  The comb is retracted into a slot by pushing a button, thus cleaning the comb teeth of parasitic insects and their eggs.  The implement is of high quality and it is an excellent example of an Victorian personal hygiene instrument.

    30.  An August 1792 handwritten notification from William Smith, a Boston overseer, to Dr. [John] Warren to attend Mr. Benjamin Trask family at the expense of the town. Warren (1753-1815) was a noted surgeon of Boston and the Revolution, and a founder of Harvard Medical School in 1782.

  31.  A selection of four c. 1860 antique ophthalmic instruments made by George Tiemann, New York.  From left-to-right, are a Desmarre's eyelid retractor with ivory handle, a Roebrich's entropium forceps with tortoise shell blade, a Jaeger's plate lid-holder in solid tortoise shell, and a Noyes' eyelid retractor with ivory handle.  All four instruments are illustrated in the 1889 Tiemann catalogue.

  32.   A very fine patent 1876 Bausch & Lomb Investigator stand monocular brass microscope with numerous accessories and original case. The base is in the shape of a crow’s foot and the overall look of the instrument owes a debt to Zentmayer. There is a sub-stage wheel of apertures. The mirror swings out, side-to-side, for above stage illumination. The original lacquer is in very good condition and the gearing is tight. In fact, it appears as though the microscope saw little use. This is an attractive antique brass microscope. Not found in Billings. See Padgitt, p. 97.

  34.  A well-made c. 1830 ebony and ivory antique vaginal douche.