Bloodleting Good spring lancet . Beautiful worked. Leather Cased C 1750
460€
Spring Lancet Leather Cased
Dimensions
13,5 Cm X 6,5 Cm
Circa
1750
Countries of manufacture
Germany, France
Description
Beautiful spring lancet leather cased with little stamped gilded
Handle of the lancet very well worked.
Bloodletting is one of medicines oldest therapies. Hundreds of devices have been devised for removing blood from the body beginning with lancets chiseled from flint. This device is a spring lancet with a steel blade, handle or spring, and a round trigger button. As the handle is pulled back the iron cock locks the blade in place. When the button is depressed the blade is released. The spring lancet is housed in a wooden case covered in leather
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Antiques Le Saint Georges
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