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Hartz’s Uterine Dilators and Electrodes

A handsomely cased and complete set of Hartz’s uterine dilators and electrodes by Keniston & Root, working in Los Angeles. Length of case: 10.5″.  In excellent condition throughout. Not much information is available about K&R. They are not in Edmundson. Davis & Dreyfuss  list a catalog they published in 1922 and the firm placed an ad in the November 9, 1921 edition of the LOS ANGELES HERALD.  ” The Tizzano Museum site shows a near-identical set that is described Read More...

Unusual Ebonite Sick Siphon with Internal Mechanism

 The classic 19th-century sick siphon is essentially a hollow tube that acts as a straw. Silver appears to have been the most commonly used material. We have one up on Fleaglass. This one has a couple of unusual  features. For one thing it is fabricated from Ebonite (also known as “Vulcanite”: a hard rubber made by means of vulcanization). It’s most unusual feature  is its mechanism. Internally, it has  a valve consisting of a tiny Ebonite rod that drops down, Read More...

Unusual Cupping Set With Breast Pump

A cupping set that includes a breast pump. While we’re sure that other sets with breast pumps exist, this is the first we’ve encountered. All three cups are original and fit firmly into the pump. The ten-blade scarificator, which works perfectly, is signed : “F.C. LEYPOLDT/PHILADELPHIA.” Edmondson notes that: “Several less-prominent Philadelphia instrument makers made their way in the trade by specializing in instruments employed for a particular kind of therapy. For example, Louis V. Helmold and Frederic C. Read More...

Army Locator’s Level Engineer’s Sighting Level by Swift & Anderson

C1930 Army Locator’s Level Engineer’s Sighting Level  by Swift & Anderson of Boston, Massachusetts. Length 5.25″. Overall in vg condtion. Retains original box and instructions.  Read More...

Keuffel and Esser Mannheim Slide Rule

A good example of a Keuffel and Esser Slide rule in all original packaging. Patented 5 June 1900, and in excellent condition Read More...

Dr. Scott’s Quack

THE HAIR BRUSH HAS BEEN SOLD!  Dr. Scott’s quack-electric FLESH brush.It retains its original box which is not in the best of condition. The function of the small compass is described below.  The SDSU site notes, regarding Dr. Scott’s electric devices” “The 19th century was filled with quackery and patent-medicine schemes, tonics, cures and devices. Dr. George A. Scott, a businessman with no medical training, was the inventor of electric brushes and devices. In 1872, he received a U.S. patent for a Read More...

THE KEYSTONE EYE COMFORT STEREOSCOPE OUTFIT

Eye Coordination Training, American, c. 1937, by the Keystone View Co., Meadville, Penn. The handheld stereoscope itself is constructed of wood and metal, colored green with black trim, and has card carrier sliding along a distance scale. The set is complete with the original 12 stereograms mounted with silver photographic prints, the instruction manual, and the cardboard box. Condition is near mint throughout. The stereograms range progressively in difficulty of eye task, each explained in detail on the reverse. Read More...

A Trio of Pelvimeters

From left: Collyer’s Pelvimeter , Martin’s Pelvimeter and Collins’ Pelvimeter. $50.00 each. All in vg condition. Read More...

Lufkin Demolition Charge Steel Computing Tape for TNT

Lufkin Demolition Charge Steel Computing Tape for TNT . Used by civil engineers and by US military during Viet-Nam era. Lufkin was and is one of the USA’s top measuring-tape manufacturers. Let us know if you need more images or information. Read More...

Hermann’s surgical-instrument holder, patented in the US on October 8, 1907

Hermann’s surgical-instrument holder, which was patented in the US on October 8, 1907. We have another example of this instrument on FG but this one is not in as good condition, having lost much of the plating on the case.It is priced substantially lower. This finely crafted case and holder includes all the instruments necessary for minor surgery. It could be carried in a doctor’s bag,  pocket, etc., and was easily sterilized. Each instrument could be removed from the Read More...

Mulford’s Improved Anti-Toxin Syringe, C1890s

A cased example of Mulford’s Improved Anti-Toxin syringe, first  introduced 1896-7, that was used to inject concentrated anti-toxin. A link to an 1897 issue of JAMA discusses it in the “New Instruments” section: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/458959One of its primary uses was in the prevention and treatment of diphtheria.    Read More...

Anesthesia: Stratford-Cookson Somnoform Inhaler

A good example of the Stratford-Cookson Somnoform Inhaler with an empty labeled and graduated Somnoform bottle. The Wood Library of Anesthesia describes this instrument as follows: Stratford-Cookson Inhaler ” The pharmaceutical company Stratford-Cookson introduced this inhaler in 1907.  It was intended to be used with either of the company’s branded products, Somnoform or ethyl chloride.  The oval cup at the bottom of the inhaler is enclosed by fine wire mesh.  For each procedure, this cup was packed with gauze.  The bottom of the Read More...