35.  An 1850s quarter-plate daguerreotype of a young and earnest Andrew B. Spinney, M.D. (1835-1912), in three-quarter pose and holding a walking stick and leather medicine and instrument satchel. Dr. Spinney graduated in 1859 from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, and the daguerreotype, no doubt, was taken at about that time. He was licensed to practice in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. There is an 1863 reference in the Medical & Surgical History regarding his treating a Michigan soldier. Spinney died in Detroit and his JAMA obituary will be provided to the buyer. The doctor is identified by two documents that come with the image.  Medical daguerreotypes are rare and desirable.

  36.  A c. 1870 antique Knight's binaural stethoscope said to have belonged to Sir William Osler, M.D.  The stethoscope descended through the family of Dr. W.W. Francis, a relative of Osler and the cataloger of the Osler library.  The stethoscope is rare, in-and-of-itself, as it has a Ware's bell with screw-in smaller bell.  Some loses to the larger bell are reconstituted in the pictures.  SOLD

  37.  A quality pair of sterling silver-mounted brushes with the backs of each monogrammed L.B.T., the initials of  Lyman Beecher Todd, M .D. (d. 1902), a cousin and close friend of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln.  Dr. Todd graduated from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, in 1854, and he was at the deathbed of President Lincoln on April 14, 1865.  He witnessed Lincoln's autopsy, at the White House, and he played an important role throughout the President's funeral.  An old tag reads: Grandfather Todds / clothes brush.  These Lincoln-related artifacts recently came from the estate of Dr. Todd's granddaughter.

  38.  A pair of c. 1830 antique Denman's obstetrical forceps marked: WEISS / LONDON G[eorge] R[ex].  The forceps have no pelvic curve.  The handles are ebony and the metal has been plated at a later date.  The instrument is illustrated in pl. XXXIV of the 1861 Weiss catalogue.  

  39.  A c. 1880 albumen antique photograph (6" x  8") of a homeopath in his office.  

  40.  An antique monaural stethoscope turned from wood and given an ebony finish.  

    41.  For prominent nineteenth century families the Grand Tour of Europe was a must.  A souvenir to be had from the visit to Italy was to have a replica of one's hand carved in marble.  This is a rare c. 1850 example of a child's hand, and today it  makes an excellent gift for  the hand surgeon who has an interest in Victoriana.