Bourguignon Hypodermic Syringe 1860

• Date: 1860
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Medical, Syringes, Hypodermic
• A rare French syringe with a rubber bulb instead of a plunger which was used for hypodermic injection. Attributed to Mathieu. The syringe is composed of a glass pipette with a silver mounted hypodermic needle a…

Deco Silver and Ivory Tongue Scraper

• Date: 1900-1930
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene, Tongue Scrapers
• An antique ivory and silver tongue scraper with a stylish art deco design. The fetching style would date this piece to circa 1930 although typically tongue scrapers were more popular in the 19th century. The iv…

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Mourning Ear Trumpet 19th C

• Date: 1850-1900
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Ear Nose Throat, Hearing, Ear Trumpets - Trumpet
• A rare mourning ear trumpet from the late 19th century as illustrated on p44 of ‘Historic Devices for Hearing’ (CID-Goldstein collection) and p30 of Elizabeth Bennion’s ‘Antique Hearing Devices…

Studded French Sharkskin Lancet Case

• Date: 1750-1800
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Bleeding, Lancet Cases
• A late 18th century French sharkskin lancet case with studded decorations. The inner section is lined with green paper and the lids with decorated motifs. Inside are 6 translucent horn lancets. These tools of t…

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Duffin’s Ivory Pessary

• Date: 1890-1900
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Obs & Gyn, Obs & Gyn General
• A Duffin’s pessary beautifully carved from elephant ivory which has characteristic grain and a mellow patina. This would have been used to hold the uterus in place in the event of a prolapse. The cup sect…

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Magneto-Galvanic Battery by Richardson

• Date: 1890-1900
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Musculoskeletal, Galvanism
• The currents created by the juxtapositioning of different metals were though to have healing qualities In the later 19th and early 20th century Galvanism was the rage. The discovery and application of electrici…

Gold Intra-Cervical Contraceptive Device

• Date: 1930-1940
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Obs & Gyn, Contraception
• A 14K solid gold “Wishbone” Intra-Cervical contraceptive device. Dating from the 1920s they ranged from the rare quality gold product to inferior devices made from plastics and metals. If not change…

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Leypoldt’s Scarificator (Pat 1851)

• Date: 1851-1861
• Uses: Therapeutic
• Categories: Bleeding, Scarificators, Square
• A rare American square brass scarificator by Leypoldt. His patented mechanism (dating to 1851) allowing significant reduction in the height of the instrument and making it considerably less bulky. Signed F Ley…