Antique Medical Instruments
MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
A SET OF WOOD SILVER-PLATED LITHO-
TOMY PROBES, the eleven instruments of different sizes in fitted leather-covered case, English, c. 1880.
These instruments were either made by William Wood of Manchester or John Wood of Liverpool.
A KEENE & ASHWELL HOMOEOPATHIC
CASE with twenty glass bottles and brass spatula, in fitted leather case, English, c. 1880.
A LISTER’S PATENT STEAM SPRAY, the heater with nickel-plated oil reservoir and steel boiler with safety valve, in black metal casing with vaporiser bottle mounted at the side, English, late 19th century.
A GAIFFE ELECTRIC SHOCK MACHINE, in
mahogany case with winding handle at
the side, together
with a stereoscopic hand viewer and a
lantern slide mounting, French, late
19th century.
TWO SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT TRADE
CATALOGUES, comprising a S. Murray &
Co. catalogue of Surgical Instruments
and Druggist’s Sundries, 1927, and a
Baird & Tat lock catalogue of Scientific
Instruments.
A SET OF THUMB LANCETS, the six small lancets with tortoiseshell guards in silver-mounted chagrin-covered case with hinged lid, probably English, late 18th century.
A SILVER-PLATED AURAL SPECULUM, lacking eye-piece, with flared trumpet and cylindrical tube, English, mid 19th century.
A SINGLE-BLADED SCARIFICATOR, the
sprung blade in brass casing with release lever, in fitted leather case, English, c. 1780.
AN ARNOLD ARTICULATED BONE SAW,
with two turned ebony handles, English, c. 1870.
A TORTOISESHELL EAR TRUMPET of
telescopic form with composition ear-piece, English, late 19th century.
THREE HAWKSLEY EAR TRUMPETS, including a
tortoiseshell shaped trumpet,
a metal double cone
extending trumpet, and a flexible metal trumpet with ivory
ear-piece, English,
late 19th century.
AN AITKEN AURAL SPECULUM, the
silvered metal instrument with eye-piece, trumpet and probe, applied with stamped label Henry Aitkin, Maker, English, mid 19th Century.
A DR A. JENTZER’S PATENT TREPHINING
SET, the complete set of steel instruments contained in chromed metal
carrying case.
AN ARNOLD & SONS SILVERED AURAL
SPECULUM with flared trumpet, eye-piece and tapering nozzle applied with Arnold trade plaque.
A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRU¬MENTS, including a leather-cased set of minor operation instruments, a cased anemometer, a syringe and chromed needle, a set of Stan forth steel scalpels, a tourniquet, and other steel instruments, English.
A SILVER LANCET SET, the four steel
blades in tortoiseshell guards contained
in silver case for rectangular section,
bright-cut with quatrefoils, with vacant
cartouche.
A SET OF WEISS OPHTHALMIC INSTRU-MENTS in fitted leather case, four other cases of Ophthalmic instruments, a Weiss iris knife, a dynamometer and an optician’s lens measure, English, c. 1920.
A COLLECTION OF SPECTACLES in tortoise-
shell, silver and gold frames, various
dates.
AN EVANS & WORMULL STERILISER, the
chrome-plated instrument in fitted case, TOGETHER
WITH THREE PRINTING BLOCKS On Wood
of a telescope and two barometers,
English, early 20th Century.
FALSE TEETH, including a set of carved ivory uppers and lowers and two rare long crowns, English, early 19th Century.
six SURGEONS’ KNIVES, including a
lancet with horn guard in leather case,
two scalpels with tortoiseshell handles,
a scalpel with horn handle, and two
others, 19th Century.
A FINE-TOOTHED BONE SAW with Steel
blade and ivory handle, English, c. 1750.
A CASED SET OF VAAST INSTRUMENTS,
including tweezers, scalpels, and fleas, in leather case, French, late 19th century.
A MAW ENEMA SET with brass pump, ivory handle and nozzles, in mahogany case.
EIGHT OPHTHALMOSCOPES, each in fitted
leather cases and by various manufacturers including Curry & Paxton, and
Morton’s, English, c. 1920.
A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS,
including a Whitlow syringe in case,
an Avery beam balance, a brass
dilator, a Sims speculum, and several
small syringes in cases, English, 1900-
1920.
EIGHT SPECTACLES in gold and silver-coloured-metal frames, two with sprung frames and four in leather cases, English and French, mid 19th Century.
A CZERMAK’S DEMONSTRATING LARYNGO-
SCOPE, by John Weiss & Son, with four
cast-iron stands supporting chin-rest,
reflector and accessories, in fitted
mahogany case,
The Ceram’s laryngoscope allowed the subject, who held a long-handled mirror at the back of his throat, to see his own larynx while an observer viewed through a hole in the reflecting mirror. A similar instrument is illustrated in the Weiss catalogue of 1863.
A REICHERT HAEMOGLOBIN METER with
eye-piece, stage and reflector, in case
with sliding scale.
A SET OF WEISS CATARACT SCALPELS, the
twelve bone-handled instruments in
fitted case, AND A
SCALPEL SET with five bone-handled
scalpels, scissors and tweezers, in
fitted case, English,
early 20th century.
A MCLELLAN POST-MORTEM SET, including knives, scalpels, plain saw, head saw, bowel scissors, chisel, spine wrench, hammer, cutting forceps, chain hooks, and other instruments, in brass-bound fitted mahogany case, English, late 19th century.
A LARGE PAINTED GLASS PHARMACEUTICAL
SPECIE JAR, decorated with a coat-of-arms in gold, scarlet, white and blue, entitled ‘Rhubarb’, together with gilt lid, English, c. 1870.
A MAHOGANY MEDICINE CHEST, with
brass carrying handles at the side,
hinged lid opening to fitted interior
with twenty compound bottles, a
drawer in the base with glass mortar
and pestle, flask and carbolic ointment,
English, late 19th
century .
A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS,
including a Weiss vaginal speculum with ivory handle, a trepanning saw, and several lithotomic instruments, English, late 19th century.
ANOTHER LARGE PAINTED PHARMACEUTI-CAL SPECIE JAR, decorated with a coat-of-arms in blue, scarlet, silver and gold on beige ground.
A MAHOGANY MEDICINE CHEST, with
brass carrying handles at the side and
hinged lid opening to fitted interior
with a quantity of compound bottles,
with drawer in the base containing
further bottles, English, late 19th century.
A LARGE PAINTED GLASS PHARMACEUTICAL
SPECIE JAR, decorated with armorial design and lettered ‘Rhubarb’, rubbed and lacking lid.
FIVE EARTHENWARE APOTHECARY’S JARS,
each finished in white and pink, four with ceramic lid.
A GOOD SAVORY & MOORE MEDICINE
CHEST, the walnut case with recessed
brass carrying handle opening to
crushed velvet-lined and fitted interior
with eleven Compound bottles and two
lift-out trays containing mortar and
pestle, measuring flask, three small
Compound bottles, two pill pots, a
spatula and a set of hanging scales
with weights, the lid applied with
Savoury & Moore trade label, English.
AN UNUSUAL MEDICINE CHEST, the
mahogany case with hinged lid and recessed brass carrying handle, drop-front opening to fitted interior with thirteen Compound bottles applied with John Bell trade labels, a glass pallet, and two lift-out trays with glass mortar and pestle, two pill boxes, four small Compound bottles, knife, brass hanging balance with weights.
A MEDICINE CHEST, the mahogany case with lid and front flap opening to twelve glass Compound bottles, two silver-topped ointment jars, weights and three zinc containers, English, mid 19th century.
A MEDICINE CHEST, the mahogany case
with two hinged doors at the front
opening to five racks of bottles and
five drawers containing accessories, with
sliding panel at the back concealing a
further rack of bottles.
A STUDENT’S DEMONSTRATION HUMAN
SKULL, the sectioned skull with hinged jaw and applied with various nerves and blood vessels, English, early 20th century.
FIVE EARTHENWARE APOTHECARY’S JARS,
each of cylindrical form, one with domed lid, the remainder with tin lids, applied with compound labels, late 19th century.
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY MEDICINE CHEST ON STAND,
the mahogany case with two silver
carrying handles, corner mounts and
escutcheon engraved with a Dawkins
and Colure coat-of-arms, hinged at the
centre and opening to eighteen small
drawers of powders and compounds,
two compartments hidden behind slid-
ing panels of simulated drawers housing
eleven medicine bottles (one missing),
and two drawers in the base similarly
concealed containing twelve glass
bottles, each with silver top engraved
with a banner and title of the com-
pound, also a glass mortar and pestle,
measuring flask and marble mixing
slab, the rear with two sliding panels
concealing ten large bottles of crystals,
powders and medicines,
ON LATER MAHOGANY
STAND, with two drawers in the front,
raised on turned and fluted legs ter-
minating in brass castors, English.