 | obstetrical forceps
Steel obstetrical forceps with key hinge & outcurved handle ends. Stamped "G. Arnold" in serrated rectagular. 17 1/4" long. 18th c. type |
 | Spring-Loaded Brass & Steel Fleam
Spring-loaded brass and steel fleam; Flat brass pistol grip shaped handle with spring loaded steel lancet blade projecting from one end. Iron cocking lever projects from same end. Trigger is a brass lever mounted between uprights on one side. A brass depth gauge with a set screw adjustment is hinged... |
 | Spring-Loaded Brass and Steel Fleam
Spring-loaded brass and steel fleam; flat brass pistol grip shaped handle with spring loaded steel lancet blade projecting from one end. Blade is cocked by an iron thumblift protruding from same end. Trigger is an ornately filed iron bar mounted between brass uprights on one side. Side plates are... |
 | Small Folding Lancet
Small folding lancet; double edged steel blade folds between pair of thin tortoise shell covers, or scales; brass hinge pin. Blade stamped: SUPERIOR STEEL/HENRY/ HARRINGTON/CUTLER/TO THE PEOPLE/SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS with an eagle over a heart. |
 | Spring-Loaded Fleam by H. G. Kern, Philadelphia
Spring-loaded fleam by H. G. Kern; rivetted brass frame with external steel bow spring; one leg of spring screwed to frame; other end extends to end of frame and moves between two projecting cheeks; brass, spring-loaded trigger lever is mounted behind cheeks to engage end of spring bar when fully... |
 | Scarificator Patented by George Tiemann, New York City
Patented scarificator with 12 curved steel blades mounted on 2 rods in a brass box with cut corners; bottom of box has 3 slots aligned with blades; knurled thumbscrew on top of box threads onto a post attached to bottom section of box & regulates depth of cut; cranked brass shaft with socket holding... |
 | Stethescope
This small wooden stethescope is turned from a single piece of wood, probably pine, and has a varnish or shellac finish. A tiny hole is at the small end of trumpet wear the doctor held it against his ear. The wider end is cupped where it would fit against the body. Monaural stethescopes of this... |
 | Obstetrical forceps
This pair of wooden handled wrought steel obstetrical forceps were used by doctors to delivery babies in difficult childbirth situations. They date from the mid 18th century and quite likely are of English manufacture. The appear to be closely patterned on forceps devised by a Dr. Benjamin Pugh of...
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