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184.  A very scarce and unopened package of one dozen U.S. Army Hospital Department.  Past observations indicate that each Civil War tourniquet inside is also wrapped and marked.  A most desirable Civil War medical antique.  SOLD  

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185.  A mid-19th century four-draw brass telescope signed in a flowing script: W. Elliott & Sons, /  56. Strand. / London.  The largest barrel is leather-covered and gold embossed:  PRESENTED BY / MESSRS.  STOTON & MAYOR.  The first draw is further engraved: PRIZE / 1st Class Mathematics. / Presented to / Aeneas Perkins. / BY / Messrs. Stoton & Mayor. / Wimbledon. / Xmas. 1849.  General Sir Aeneas Perkins 1834-1901 biography and image.  31" long.  SOLD

 

 

 

186.  A very rare late 18th century antique breast pump.  The bulb is leather and the fittings are pewter.  SOLD

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187.   A late 18th century silhouette of a Georgian gentleman.  The period inscription on the back reads:  Joseph Metford Surgeon / of Taunton / Born 1714 / Died May 10th / 1796.  $475

 

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188.  A Waldau type antique ophthalmophantome on an articulated stand.  The mask phantom was invented ca. 1827 by Dr. Albert Sachs (1803-1835), an ophthalmologist practicing in Berlin, and it was used to teach ophthalmic surgery using cadaver's eyes or pig's eyes (similar in size to the human eye and readily available).  Adjustable clamps hold the eyes in place.  The jappaned aluminum face may be removed for cleaning by loosening a turn screw on the armature above the forehead and pulling the tab of a pin below the chin.  The James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia, Ophthalmological Instruments catalogue of 1889 illustrates a Waldau's Phantom Face for Experimental Operations of the Eye.  Dr. Adolf Waldau, the assumptive inventor of this model, was an assistant to the great ophthalmologist Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870).  SOLD

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189.  A selection of four 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.  $125-$275

 

190.  A c. 1840 antique enema syringe with pewter barrel and nozzle.  The handle is wood.  32cm long.  $225

191.  A c. 1850 antique actual (hot) cautery iron with olive point.  32cm long.  SOLD

 

 

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