Charriere-type lithotriptor with key, rack and pinion by Mathieu, circa 1850
€650
Circa
1850
Country of manufacture
France
Description
Rare urethral lithotriptor with a pinion/key engaging a rack, a model invented by Charrière in the mid-1830s and here signed by Mathieu, dating to around 1850.
The instrument is in perfect working order and complete with its key with an ebony handle and brass trim.
Very fine condition for this rare urological instrument.
Length when closed: 35 cm.
The last image is taken from Leroy d’Etiolles, Histoire de la lithotritie précédée de réflexions sur la dissolution des calculs urinaires, Paris,1839.
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Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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