Description

A large cased set of surgical and trepanning instruments, ca. 1810 – 1840, not complete, all instrumets to be seen are original (nothing replaced); containing 1 drill trephine and 1 hand held trephine, with 5 drill bits (3 crowns and 2 nibs); the handles are made of horn and ebony, 7 instrumets are signed “Hölzlin Friburg”; Nepomuk Hölzlin was a maker of surgical instruments between 1810 ans 1840 at Freiburg/Breisgau (Black Forrest); instruments made of polished steel, velvet lined wooden case, one edge of the case needs repairing; the rest and the instruments are in good condition.