Medical
and Dental Antiques
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Two interesting phrenology heads, both c1840: one, handsomely
modeled in
plaster with its original tablet-form key (height: 6") ; the other of porcelain
(height: 5.75") in inkwell form, stamped on the
front of the base:
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A fine c 1840
fruitwood and ivory Piorry's
stethoscope SOLD and a scarce example of Stein's
sphygmometer, c1910, with its original case.
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A cased phimosis or circumcision
dilator made by
Weiss in the early 1830s. The case is labeled and the instrument
signed. It is shown together with an unsigned scissors-form
Victorian phimosis forceps and a phimosis dilator for which E.B.
Foote was granted a US patent on June 7, 1881. Phimosis is a condition in which the
penile foreskin cannot be retracted. ALL THREE ITEMS HAVE BEEN SOLD.
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Cased
and fully signed c1860s Galezowski tubular ophthalmoscope in aluminum (then
a precious metal!) and a cased Coccius ophthalmoscope produced within
a few years of Von Helmholtz's
1851 article on the development of this instrument. Finally, an
extremely rare, late
19th century, Antonelli scotometer that was used for the detection of scotomas, i.e.,
defects in the central visual field.
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A
fine c1880 Tobold's laryngoscope with its
original domed case--see larger image. It is complete and in excellent condition
with virtually all of its original nickel
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Alternative
medicine in another age: a c1900 asthma
"necklace". Examples of this necklace very seldom surface
and this one is mint and boxed with its original paperwork intact.
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