| 42. A fine silver
medal awarded by the School of Medicine Edinburgh to George Sinclair for
the first prize in General Pathology, 1880-81 session. Dr. J.B.
Buist was the lecturer. A monumental staff of Asklepios (Aesculapius)
is featured on the reverse. The rim is stamped: 87
PERCENT [SILVER CONTENT]. The diameter is 4.8 cm. |
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| 43.
A
c. 1780 antique neurosurgical trepanning set by Lichtenberger,
Strasbourg. SOLD |
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| 44. A
University of Pennsylvania medical school lecture ticket that was issued
to Horace Palmer (d. 1922) for attending the 1858-1859 term chemistry
class of Robert E. Rogers, M.D. Dr. Palmer was from Somerville,
Tennessee, and he graduated in 1859. During the Civil War he
saw service with the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment. The
unit was organized in May 1862, and it was captured at Vicksburg in July
1863. |
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| 45. The only known surviving example of a Civil War
U.S. Army officer's wall tent. It is 9 feet high, 9 feet
long, and 15 feet wide. The poles are original. The tent belonged to Surgeon John Wiley of
the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. The 6th took part in many of the
major battles of the East, including the Peninsula Campaign, Bull Run,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor,
and Petersburg, to mention a few. For a history of the 6th New
Jersey, please click here.
The tent has been in the collection
of the noted Civil War medical historian Dr. Gordon Dammann, and it is
featured in two of his books on Civil War medical antiques. It
remained in the estate of Dr. Wiley, of Cape May , New Jersey, until 1988, when
I originally sold it to Dr. Dammann. The tent is presently on display at
the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, Maryland. |
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| 46. A very
rare c. 1870s antique craniometer and goniometer as designed by Dr. Paul Broca
(1824-1880), the founder of modern neurosurgery and pioneer in the study
of localized brain function. For a biography
of Paul Broca, who is also noted as an anatomist, anthropologist, and
early supporter of Charles Darwin, please see this link.
The fine instrument was made by Mathieu, Paris, and an old tag is attached
that gives a reference to the 1873 Mathieu trade catalogue. The wood and brass Broca craniometer offered here is complete and in pristine condition. |
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| 47. An
antique amputation set by Windler, Berlin. All of the original
surgical instruments are present and in fine condition. The
handles are ebony. |
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| 48. A large
and handsome set of U.S. Army Medical Staff shoulder boards for the rank of
major, a full-surgeon. The insignia have applied silver M.S.
letters and deluxe extra rich triple-borders. |
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| 49.
A pair of 1930s Massachusetts
General Hospital operating room scrub caps. The upper cap is from the
MGH Amphitheater Operating Room and is marked: MGH / AMPH 1-30.
The lower cap is from the MGH Baker Memorial Hospital Operating Room and
is marked: MGH / BMOR 10-35. The
original Baker Memorial Hospital was built in 1930 and demolished in
1992. The caps belonged to Dr. Fiorindo A. Simeone (1908 - 1990),
a noted thoracic and vascular surgeon and teacher. His career took
him from Harvard Medical School, MGH, U.S. Army Medical Corps
during WWII, a return to MGH, Western Reserve, and Brown. To read
Dr. Simeone's biography, please click this link
and scroll-down to page 7. |
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