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Combined cupping set and breast pump, with large glass bell and syringe, in cloth covered box, first half of 19th century

Combined cupping set and breast pump, with large g

Therapeutics

1801-1850

Box of nerve canal drills, Beutelrock, for straight handpiece, by Antaeos, Germany, 1930-1940

Box of nerve canal drills, Beutelrock, for straigh

Dentistry

1930-1940

Set of 10 catheters and two probes(?), steel, nickel plated, British, in wooden case, 1880-1920

Set of 10 catheters and two probes

Surgery

1880-1920

Box of 50 "Super Luxalloy" tooth backings, by Baker and Co. Inc., Newark, USA, 1920-1940

Box of 50 "Super Luxalloy" tooth backings, by Bake

Dentistry

1920-1940

Box of Torpan broach reamers, by Maillefer, Switzerland, 1965-1975

Box of Torpan broach reamers, by Maillefer, Switze

Dentistry

1965-1975

Essence box with painted scenes on outside, four bottles within, probably European, 1751-1850

Essence box with painted scenes on outside, four b

Pharmacy-ware

1751-1850

Pair of scale pans in box which appears to have been a door on a chest, European, 1850-1900

Pair of scale pans in box which appears to have be

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Tobacco pipe, meerschaum, bowl only, jewelled, silver mounts in travelling case, for Maharajah or Middle Eastern potentate, European, 1775

Tobacco pipe, meerschaum, bowl only, jewelled, sil

Smoking

1775

10 ophthalmic surgical instruments, steel with ivory handles, cased, by A. Luer, rue Antoine-Dubois 6, Paris, France, 1890-1920.

10 ophthalmic surgical instruments, steel with ivo

Ophthalmology

1890-1920

Boxed potassium peramanganate cleansing set, supplied by H. Jeffries, Guildford, 1860-1935

Boxed potassium peramanganate cleansing set, suppl

Pharmacy-ware

Chapireau cachet machine and accessories in wooden box, complete, 1850-1900

Chapireau cachet machine and accessories in wooden

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Box containing a collection of 60 different kinds of Zulu native medicines with a list of native names for drugs and the conditions they are used to treat, collected by Captain G. T. Nicholls, R.E., 1883-1895

Box containing Zulu Medicines. 1883-1895

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1883-1895

Empty metal Anestile, (ethyl chloride and methyl chloride mixture), bottle, with box, made by Dr. Bengue, Paris, and supplied by Kuhn, London, French and English, 1900-1940

Empty metal Anestile, (ethyl chloride and methyl c

Anaesthesiology

Set of coin scales and seventeen weights, in a rectangular wooden box, box makers mark impressed inside, contents made by Matthias Mettman, a well known Cologne scalemaker, German, 1651

Coin scales and weights

Pharmacy-ware

1651

Box for cinchona bark, known as a Coracha, wood and rawhide, with contents, brought from Peru by the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon, 1777. Accompanying label reads, 'CORACHA' OF LOXA BARK OPENED, SHEWING CONTENTS AND/ METHOD OF PACKING./ ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 'CORACHAS' BROUGHT TO SPAIN/ FROM PERU BY THE EXPEDITION UNDER RUIZ AND/ PAVON SENT THERE BY CARLOS III OF SPAIN/ IN 1777./ PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ALFONSO XIII/ OF SPAIN, 1930.

Coracha of loxa bark c. 1777

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in wooden box, originally had stand, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in very poor condition, in wooden box, weights missing, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, supplied by a firm in India, made either in India or England, 1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance witth steel beam and glass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, 6 grain weights, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance witth steel beam and glass pa

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

2 pairs of apothecary's scales with steel beams and brass pans in poor condition, in wooden box also in poor condition, with 7 assorted weights, English, 1750-1900

2 pairs of apothecary's scales with steel beams an

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and glass pans, in rectangular wooden box, with three sets of weights and book of pink litmus paper, made in England, 1850-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, with four sets of weights, including sovereign weights, in small cardboard box, English, 1750-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Pans only from 2 sets of apothecaries' scales, 2 brass, 2 glass with 1 spare glass pan, no beam, in wooden case with assorted weights, probably English, 1831-1870

Pans only from 2 sets of apothecaries' scales, 2 b

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with brass beam and pans, in wooden box with stand, spare pans and 10 assorted weights, English, 1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with brass beam and pans, in

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, with 5 assorted weights, made in England, 1750-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

2 apothecaries balances with steel beams and brass pans, both in a rectangular wooden box, with 6 assorted weights, English, 1831-1870

2 apothecaries balances with steel beams and brass

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, lined with red velvet, three weight set and one single weight, one set made by W. & T. Avery of Birmingham, English, 1750-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, six assorted weights, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Set of scales, brass pans, steel beam plated with brass, in wooden box with 13 assorted weights, probably English, 19th century

Set of scales, brass pans, steel beam plated with

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pans in rectangular wooden box, with 12 assorted weights, English, 1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in wooden box, with 7 weights, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Dental post extractor kit in wooden box, by the S.S. White Co., USA, 1903-1925

Dental post extractor kit in wooden box, by the S.

Dentistry

1903-1925

Cupping set with breast reliever, having 3 cupping glasses and a ball pump in box, by Weiss and Capron, mid 19th century, possibly French

Cupping set with breast reliever

Therapeutics

1831-1870

12 ophthalmic instruments, steel with ivory handles, various Paris makers, in wooden box, owned by Dr. Millee, France, 1860-1900

12 ophthalmic instruments, steel with ivory handle

Ophthalmology

1860-1900

Three microscope eyepieces, 3x, 5x and 6x, in wooden box, by Zeiss, German, 1890-1910

Three microscope eyepieces, 3x, 5x and 6x, in wood

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1890-1910

Glass, metal and vulcanite syringe, urethral, in original box

Glass, metal and vulcanite syringe, urethral, in o

Therapeutics

Two wooden boxes holding glass tubes

Two boxes holding glass tubes

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans, in elaborately carved wooden box, with set of circular weights, to weigh pennyweights (?), with pair of tweezers, made in Persia, 1750-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Box of root canal tools for the N2 method, by Agsa, Switzerland, 1968-1975

Box of root canal tools for the N2 method, by Agsa

Dentistry

1968-1975

Set of pharmaceutical weights in solid wooden box, with small pin to facilitate removal, Dutch, 1701-1800

Set of pharmaceutical weights in solid wooden box,

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Prototype electrical cautery, made and used by Dr. Nagelschmidt, 1906

Prototype electrical cautery, made and used by Dr.

Surgery

Set of scales, with steel beam and brass pans, in wooden drawer with knob in front, European, 1750-1850

Set of scales, with steel beam and brass pans, in

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1850

Set of 2 trocars, steel, one wooden handle, one ivory handle, with 2 silver cannulae, in leather case, European, 1801-1850

Set of 2 trocars, steel, one wooden handle, one iv

Surgery

1801-1850

Set of scales with brass stand which screws into top of box, steel, beam, glass pans with various weights, European, 1801-1900

Set of scales with brass stand which screws into t

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Box of copper electrodes, British, 1900-1910

Therapeutics

1900-1910

Enema set with syringe, tube and rectal nozzle, owned by E. Dukes of Kingsland, in case, mid 19th century

Enema set with syringe, tube and rectal nozzle, ow

Therapeutics

1831-1870

Dechery's auto cautery apparatus, cased, by H. Hauptner, Berlin, NW6, Germany, 1905-1914.

Dechery's auto cautery apparatus

Veterinary Medicine

1905-1914

Set of scales, brass beams, oval box type beam ends, with brass stand whichscrew into fitment on wooden box with front opening drawer, made by W. and T. Avery, Birmingham, England, 1840-1900

Set of scales, brass beams, oval box type beam end

Pharmacy-ware

1840-1900

Apothecaries scales (?), with brass beam and pans, in rectangular hide-covered wooden box, contains seven elaborate brass weights, which have names of Italian cities on them, Italian, 1701-1900

Apothecaries scales (?), with brass beam and pans,

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1900

Late C19 shocking coil electrotherapy apparatus with rheostat and milliammeter, used 15 cells, by Schall and Son, 75 New Cavendish Street, London, W1, England, 1870-1940.

Late C19 shocking coil electrotherapy apparatus wi

Therapeutics

1870-1940