Medical or surgical instruments and apparatus, and hospital-ware suitable for any period from 1820-1950.
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Item 148 A decorative pottery phrenological head that goes with quack medicine. The Victorian originals by Fowler are quite valuable today, but this is just a recent copy for hire only. Height 12". 148
Item 231 Hospital-ware: large enamel basin and jug. 231
Item 234 More hospital enamel-ware. 234
Item 252 For a Victorian hospital or dispensary: “Leeches” jar, white porcelain, with two matching others. 252
Item 277 More hospital enamel-ware. 277
Item 301 A cased set of gruesome surgeons instruments, steel with ebony handles, suitable for a Naval or Military surgeon of the time of Nelson or Waterloo, good for any period from the American War of Indepe ... 301
Item 307 11 early but small wooden boxes with amusing hand-painted labels - ‘For The Poxe’, ‘For the Constipation’ etc. 307
Item 334 Two pairs of old crutches, height 49", 124.5cm. 334
Item 367 Things can look quite realistic: but suggest you don't leave the piece of red latex on a plate in the fridge: other members of your household might get alarmed and annoyed. Mine did. The enamel tray ... 367
Item 423 A well-made copper and brass model of Lister's early carbolic acid spray for an operating theatre, circa 1870: (it looked good in that excellent black-and-white film The Elephant Man, with John Hurt. ... 423
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