DRS. BLACK’S CANADIAN / AMERICAN CUPPING APPARATUS
Stock Number: 10593
$1450.
For sale, an interesting and uncommon phlebotomy device with a gutta percha hand piston pump. U.S. patent 514,900.
Dimensions
10 inches (25 cm) long
Circa
c. 1895
Country of manufacture
North America
Description
DRS. BLACK’S CANADIAN / AMERICAN CUPPING APPARATUS, c. 1895. The 10″ (25 cm) long fitted walnut case contains a gutta percha hand piston pump and two screw-on molded glass bleeding cups with gutta percha fittings. The large printed trade label in the case identifies the inventors as Drs. W.S. & F. Black, and the maker as Wm. B. Stewart of Box 646, Trenton, N.J. Condition is fine but some accessories are lacking. It appears that Fergus Black, resident of Uxbridge in Ontario in Canada, received U.S. Patent 514,900 for this improved air pump. An uncommon phlebotomy device.
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Dealer information
TESSERACT
David and Yola Coffeen both have enjoyed academic careers, as planetary astronomer and as linguist/educator. But since 1982 (yes, 1982!) they have been full-time dealers in early scientific and medical instruments, under the name Tesseract. Selling primarily by catalogue (over 100 issued so far) they also have a web presence at www.etesseract.com, and can be contacted at [email protected].
