Alex Peck Antique Scientifica
Sale Catalogue
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Below is a listing of a few medical and scientific antiques that are currently for sale. Please feel free to send an e-mail or to call (217) 348-1009 for additional details and to place an order.
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| 50. An exceptionally fine 1860s Snowden & Brother, Philadelphia, ivory-handled exhibition surgical set. Note the iconography of the capital saw grip: the dexter side reveals a standing Venus, while the sinister is carved with a sea monster. The opposing imagery may be a reference to the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The German silver lid cartouche incorporates a superb patriotic eagle and is engraved : I. E. Cohn / Surgeon. This is considered to be the best quality American antique surgical set known to exist, and it may have been made for the 1864 Sanitary Fair held in Philadelphia. Snowden & Brother was in business from 1858 to 1872, as listed in Edmonson, p. 264. SOLD | |
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51. A
fine Civil War date U.S.A. Medical Staff sword Model 1840 made by Henry
Folsom,
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| 52. A c. 1870 monaural antique stethoscope turned from genuine elephant ivory. | |
| 53. An 1870s S.R. Wells & Co. molded plaster phrenology bust with printed paper labels marking the sentiments. Additional labels around the base offer phrenology books, course work, and a general explanation about reading the bust. The head is a little over ten inches tall and is quite representative of the genre. SOLD |
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| 54. A c. 1800 antique obstetrical fetal destruction crotchet with pistol grip ebony handle. | ![]() |
| 55. An American Civil War date Collidge U.S. Army field surgeon's companion put-up by George T. Brown, Apothecaries, Boston. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion gives a description and illustration of this Collidge field companion, which was introduced in early 1863 and designed by Medical Inspector R.H. Collidge, U.S. Army. Of special note is the chloroform tin which has a label bearing the arms of the U.S. Army Medical Department and which is dated 1863. SOLD |
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| 56. An Auzoux anatomical model of the larynx in three parts. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), a French anatomist and physician, saw the need for highly accurate anatomical models, as an alternative to cadaver study, and founded, in the 1820s, a company to make them. Due to the great care and attention to detail that went into their manufacture, hand-painted antique Auzoux papier-mâché models are prized. This écorché is life-size. | |
| 57. A c. 1850 antique bloodletting spring lancet with original case. |
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