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Medical & Scientific Instrument Collection
11:00 AM PT - Sep 1st, 2006

offered by
Garth's Auction Inc.

2690 Stratford Road Box 369
Delaware, OH 43015
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470 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

IMPRESSIVE BRASS MICROSCOPE. The scope has an engraved label "R & G. Beck, London". The dovetailed fitted case has tw...

3,000
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6,000
18 Bids
2 Lot 2

BLOODLETTING KIT. Mahogany case with fitted interior. Kit includes four blown glass cupping balls of various shapes w...

750
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1,500
13 Bids
3 Lot 3

APOTHECARY CHEST. Mahogany case with fitted top compartment and single drawer. The top has sixteen similar glass bott...

350
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700
7 Bids
4 Lot 4

DENTAL CABINET. Walnut with maple and bird's-eye veneer drawer interiors. Three-tiered cabinet used to store dental i...

400
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800
16 Bids
5 Lot 5

BRASS BALANCE SCALES. Set of scales on a wooden base with five weights. The cross bar is marked "W & T Avery Ld., To ...

400
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800
2 Bids
6 Lot 6

APOTHECARY CASE. Mahogany case with two doors above a dovetailed drawer. Brass fittings. The doors are slotted for b...

1,000
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1,500
4 Bids
7 Lot 7

PORCELAIN PHRENOLOGY HEAD. Transfer labeled "Phrenology by L.N. Fowler" as well as "Ludgate Circus, London" and "Ente...

600
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1,200
9 Bids
8 Lot 8

FOUR MONAURAL STETHOSCOPES. Two are pictured. Varnished wood, 7"l. and two-part ebonized wood, 6 1/2"l. Also a tall w...

250
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500
28 Bids
9 Lot 9

RARE SEAGOING SURGEON'S KIT. Walnut case with brass hardware and a fitted interior including lift-out tray. Approxim...

6,000
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8,000
25 Bids
10 Lot 10

SURGEON'S CASE. Rosewood veneer case with brass hardware. Fitted interior with two lift-out trays is lined with purp...

200
-
400
5 Bids
11 Lot 11

BLOODLETTING KIT. Mahogany case fitted with six blown glass cupping balls, a stoppered vial (one is missing), brass ...

600
-
1,200
17 Bids
12 Lot 12

TWO CASED MONOCULAR MICROSCOPES. Both are brass with ivory specimen slides. Each case has a threaded socket in the l...

250
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500
15 Bids
15 Lot 15

TWO SPHYGMOMANOMETERS. The larger is marked on the case "Baumanometer the Auper-Sphyg". Includes pressure cuff. Spl...

150
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300
1 Bid
16 Lot 16

TWO ANATOMICAL MODELS. One is wax and shows the structure of the human face in profile. The shadow box case is label...

200
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400
7 Bids
17 Lot 17

THREE MEDICAL PIECES: Pictured is a Tonometer in a fitted case. Marked "Germany". Case is 61/4"l. Also a Urine Suga...

100
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200
1 Bid
18 Lot 18

TWO SPHYGMOMANOMETERS. Both are Baumanometers. The larger is a "Desk Model" with pressure cuff. Wooden case, 13 3/4...

150
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300
8 Bids
19 Lot 19

STAFFORDSHIRE LEECH JAR. Fluted bands in sea green with a gilt and sea green label "Leeches". Molded finial and aca...

1,000
-
2,000
41 Bids
20 Lot 20

APOTHECARY KIT. Mahogany case with fitted interior. Two doors and two dovetailed drawers hold eighteen various glass...

600
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1,200
6 Bids
21 Lot 21

FOUR GLASS MEDICAL ITEMS. Pictured is an apothecary jar with a reverse glass label (minor damage), 12 1/2"h. Also a ...

150
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300
5 Bids
22 Lot 22

PORCELAIN APOTHECARY JAR. White with plain hand painted label in black "Ungt. Zinci". Cylindrical with fitted lid. 1...

150
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300
1 Bid
23 Lot 23

THREE GLASS MEDICAL BOTTLES. Clear with paper apothecary labels. 9 3/4"h. including stopper; aqua with a molded labe...

200
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400
4 Bids
24 Lot 24

CIRCULAR DISSECTING BRASS MICROSCOPE. Brass frame marked "Watson & sons 313 High Holborn, London". Mahogany case has...

150
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300
16 Bids
25 Lot 25

SURGEON'S KIT. Fitted mahogany case marked "S. Maw, Son & Thompson, Aldersgate St. London" as well as several instru...

1,500
-
2,500
12 Bids
26 Lot 26

SMALL SURGEON'S KIT. Eleven instruments, some with ivory handles, including a saw and Liston knife blade with inter...

500
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1,000
11 Bids
27 Lot 27

TWELVE MICROSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES. Three are by J.B. Dancer (John Benjamin Dancer, English 1812-1877), "With the...

600
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1,200
14 Bids
28 Lot 28

SLIDE DISPLAY CASE. Mahogany with a glass paneled door and brass handle. Inside are twenty fitted trays lined with d...

200
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400
11 Bids
29 Lot 29

ATMOSPHERIC MEASURING DEVICE. Blown glass globe on a balance scales with a brass covered lead weight on the other e...

200
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400
12 Bids
30

BRASS MICROSCOPE LAMP. Marked "Bockett Microscope Lamp, Collins London". Wick advance on oil lamp is marked "Hinks ...

350
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700
16 Bids
31 Lot 31

SURGEON'S KIT. Civil War era. Mahogany case with brass hardware. The fitted interior is lined with green velvet and ...

3,000
-
6,000
17 Bids
32 Lot 32

TWO ELECTRIC DEVICES. Pictured is a "Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto Electric Machine" with a mahogany case. Include...

200
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400
3 Bids
33 Lot 33

PORCELAIN "LEECH" JAR. Dark moss green ground with a crown and banner label. The dome lid has four sets of air hole...

250
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500
48 Bids
34 Lot 34

THREE FRAMED PRINTS. Modern alchemy prints published by the Fisher Scientific Company. "Search for the Alchemical Fo...

50
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75
8 Bids
35 Lot 35

DOCTOR'S EXAMINING TABLE. Labeled "Manufactured By W. D. Allison Co. Indianapolis, Ind. U.S.A.". Walnut reclining t...

300
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600
12 Bids
36 Lot 36

COUNTERTOP REVOLVING DISPLAY CASE. Oak with four single pane glass sides, one of which is hinged. Three-tiered round...

200
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400
14 Bids
37 Lot 37

TWO MEDICINE KITS. Both have labeled pill vials with cork stoppers. The smaller is marked "E. Gould & Son, Chemists....

200
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400
18 Bids
38 Lot 38

SLIDE CASE. Mahogany case with a glass paned door. The interior has two drawers and twelve trays with bone knobs th...

250
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500
14 Bids
39 Lot 39

BOXED GROUP OF SLIDES. Approximately 140 prepared specimen slides, many with colored paper labels. Mahogany case wit...

300
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600
10 Bids
40 Lot 40

BLOOD LETTING KIT. Brass scarificator marked "Savigny & Co.", silver plated teapot shaped lamp, glass vial and six g...

400
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800
17 Bids
41 Lot 41

BLOOD LETTING KIT. Two brass scarificators, the smaller marked "Weiss 62 Strand, London"; small brass oil lamp; glas...

800
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1,600
9 Bids
42 Lot 42

ENEMA KIT. Double action pump marked "Weiss Patent 62 Strand, London" with an ebony handle. Accessories include thr...

300
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600
5 Bids
43 Lot 43

THREE MEDICINE BOTTLES. Pictured are an amber "Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters" bottle. Rim flakes. 9 1/4"h. and...

150
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300
4 Bids
44 Lot 44

IVORY DOCTOR'S LADY. Unusual large size. Age splits. 12 1/8"l. With pierce carved wooden stand.

500
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1,000
21 Bids
45 Lot 45

IVORY DOCTOR'S LADY. Reclining oriental woman. 6 1/4"l. With wooden stand.

300
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600
12 Bids
48 Lot 48

VAMPIRE KILLING KIT. Wooden case lined with purple velvet. Fitted interior includes a small hand held crossbow of b...

1,500
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2,500
36 Bids
49 Lot 49

APOTHECARY SCALE. Walnut case with glass panes and two doors. One drawer below. Brass post with two pans. Labeled "...

500
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1,000
4 Bids
50 Lot 50

SMALL SURGEON'S KIT. Fitted wooden case has eight instruments and a glass vial of "Boilable Sutures". The scalpel bl...

400
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800
5 Bids
51 Lot 51

DRAFTING SET. Burl veneer case with fitted interior and lift out tray. Set of instruments, some with ivory handles, ...

150
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300
14 Bids
52 Lot 52

SURGEON'S KIT. Fitted mahogany and rosewood veneer case labeled "Sharp & Smith...Chicago". The interior has twenty ...

3,000
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6,000
28 Bids
53 Lot 53

COUNTER TOP DISPLAY CASE. Walnut and glass. Brass label states "Judkins Show Case Co. Providence R.I." Base and cor...

250
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500
16 Bids
54 Lot 54

UMBRELLA DISPLAY CASE. Labeled "The Oscar Onken Co. Makers of Triplicate Mirrors, Umbrella Cases, Cloak Racks and Ta...

350
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700
17 Bids
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