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Urethral dilators

Leather bound box: Velvet fitted.Includes Complete set Urethral sounds 10-21 Set of bougies a boule 16-30 Used by Hyman Koxak, MD. Brooklyn, NY

Tags: box/boxed, brooklyn, dilator, dolators, fitted, leather, New York, urethral, urology, velvet

2 tortoise shell lancet.Leather telescoped caseNote:"Owned by George Hawley, founder of Hartford Hospital ~~~ Mr. Henry Fuller, the apothecary in the hospital, came into posession of this pocket case. This is said to be the only gum lancet he ever…

Tags: apothecary, Connecticut, dental, dental surgery, Hartford, lancets, leather, pocket case, surgery, tortoise shell

Pocket surgical kit

Belonged to Gordon W. Russell (Leather falling apart). Includes: Tortoise shell folding blades. Scissors stamped EVANS Calling card inside.

Tags: blade, blades, leather, New York, scissors, surgery, surgical kit

Dental single forceps set

Includes: Leather box with fitted velvet Hartford Dental School card: “This boxed single forceps set (with interchangeable beaks) was designed to provide a single instrument for the extraction of all teeth, whether upper or lower.” Donated by…

Tags: box/boxed, dental, forceps, Hartford, leather, patented, teeth, velvet

Leather medical bag

Multiple compartments filled with varying sized vials filled with pills and with cork stoppers. Most paper labels not decipherable. Accompanied by note: Donated by Ann N. Earle. Bag belonged to Dr. Carrol Charles Beach M.…

Tags: 1800-1899, 1900-1999, bag, compartments, Connecticut, cork stoppers, corked, corked vials, Hartford, leather, medical, medical bag, paper, Paper labels, pills, vials

Leather saddle bag

Sig: Dr. Joseph McAndrew. Ontario, Canada

Old tag: Armstrong MS D.M M. 1984-001

Tags: Canada, history, leather, miscellaneous, Ontario, saddle bag

MARVEL VIOLET RAY VIOLETTA

2 level box deteriorated leather covering. Contains slip with directions and guarantee.

Tags: 1900-1999, box/boxed, homeopathy, leather, miscellaneous, New York

CASED MORTON ? OPHTHALMOSCOPE

Glass screw on handle, fitted velvet case, leather covered metal.

Tags: glass, leather, metal, ophthalmology, surgery, velvet

Square leather piece with folding slides

Includes internal belt to hold bottles, etc.

Old tag: M. 1976-029

Tags: belt, bottle, leather, OBGYN

MULTI-COMPARTMENTAL NURSING BAG

Elaborate closures. Includes: In base: Pull out copper sterilizing box Tray Double metal heating apparatus Swing out stand Top compartment: 5 metal topped bottles Secondary leather case with handle + Lock On lock: BECTON DICKINSON,…

Tags: apparatus, bottle, boxed/box, cloth, Connecticut, copper, corked vials, gauze, leather, metal, miscellaneous, nursing, Simsbury, sterilizing, vial, vials

FRONTIER OBSTETRIC CASE

Leather. Contents listed on HMS card but probably displayed in one of the cases. Includes: Forceps (interlocking for living child) Saw for symphysis splitting (symphysiotomy) Fenestrated lever type instrument CROCHET HOOK + finger attachment…

Tags: bag, forceps, hook, leather, OBGYN, saw, urethral

Doctor's bag

Leather, fold over top.
Double leather straps.
Cloth lined with compartments.

Old tag: SEIDE, M. MD. M. 1992-041.

Tags: bag, cloth, leather, strap

Red leather folding field surgical kit

Includes complete set of instruments with tortoise handles
One blade marked: S. RORER
Clip missed/leather cracked.

Old tag: Unknown M. 1976-044.

Tags: leather, surgery, surgical kit, tortoise shell

SURGICAL KIT

Includes: Leather bound case. Chamois fitted box Ebony handled instruments Gold Letter stamped: RECUERDO PARA EDUARDO W. LAMBERT DE SU VERDADERA AMIGO, FELIPE G. DE MENA. NY. 18 DE DEC, 1856. Old tag: Lambert, A. M. 1991-021.

Tags: 1800-1899, boxed/box, ebony, France, gold, leather, Paris, Spanish, stamp, surgery