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Healy Pictorial Completion Test II

We are offering an example of a Healy Pictorial Completion Test II that was used for measuring intelligence. It is in very good good condition and retains its original case (11″ x 11″ x 1.5″). The illustrations were done by Marguerite Davis, a well-known children’s book illustrator, who was active in the  early decades of the last century. It was copyrighted in 1917 by the Judge Baker Foundation, which is still in operation today. ” The “Judge Baker Foundation” Read More...

1888 Patent Gonorrheal Apron: mint and boxed

Before the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, there was no truly effective cure for gonorrhea. Mercury, silver nitrate and heat were used but the their effectiveness was questionable and they came with risks of toxicity and other issues. As a result some men suffered from chronic gonorrhea with its associated discharge, the latter sometimes referred to as “gleet”(this term was also used for the disease itself). On January 3, 1888 W.F. Ware patented ( patent number : 0375846) Read More...

1940s Metabolic Rate Calculating Slide Rule

A metal slide rule produced by the Jones Metabolism Equipment Company.It is marked in part “JONES METABOLISM EQUIPMENT CO” and “CHICAGO, ILLINOIS” on the back side, plus it has the directions for use on the back side.The front has two slides, and is designed to calculate percentage metabolic rate from the various inputs.Overall length is about 11-1/4″. The body appears to be aluminum, and the slides are probably anodized aluminum. A magnet is not attracted to any part of Read More...

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...