Arnold & Sons Hypodermic Syringe

• Date: 1882
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Medical, Syringes, Hypodermic
• A beautifully constructed hypodermic syringe for subcutaneous injection made by the London-based surgical instrument firm Arnold & Sons. The metal hardware is silver-plated and the wheel-etched glass carr…

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Blizard’s Quicksilver Burette

• Date: 1780-1800
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Ophthalmology, Eye Surgery
• A rare ophthalmic instrument made to introduce mercury as an irrigating agent into obstructed lacrimal or nasolacrimal ducts in the treatment of fistula lachrymalis. This instrument was first accounted for an…

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Jukes Acupuncture Needles

• Date: 1821
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Medical, Medical General, Other
• A rare set of early 19th-century acupuncture needles fashioned by the English physician Edward Jukes; first described and illustrated in James Churchill’s 1821 publication,…

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Blown Glass Leech Jar

• Date: 1851-1900
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Bleeding, Leeching
• An uncommonly rare leech jar composed of blown glass from Germany. Bleeding by the application of leeches was common practice throughout Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. According to the humoral…

18th-Century Scarificator by Andreas Fischer

• Date: 1780-1800
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Bleeding, Scarificators, Square
• An 18th-century bloodletting scarificator by Austrian surgical instrument maker Andreas Fischer. Andreas was part of a long family line of surgical instrument makers from Vienna, Austria. The design, inscript…

Ivory-Mounted Dental Pelican

• Date: 1770-1796
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Dental, Pelicans
• An 18th-century dental pelican illustrated in Thomas Knaur’s 1796 public…

J. Haran Hypodermic Syringe

• Date: 1880-1900
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Medical, Syringes, Hypodermic
• A petit 19th-century pocket syringe carrying case by Parisian instrument maker J. Haran. Syringe cases like these were carried in the pockets of high-class Parisian women, men, and physicians alike. The glass…

Amputation Knife Set by Weiss & Son

• Date: 1831-1899
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Surgical, Surgical Sets, Boxed
• Liston’s knives for amputation by London-based surgical instrument firm John Weiss & Son.…