Posted by admin On July 9, 2018
VERY RARE EARLY 1800’S ENGLISH AMPUTATION SET. THESE TYPES OF AMPUTATION SETS WERE USED BY CONFEDERATE SURGEONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. DID NOT ISSUE SETS TO THE SURGEONS LIKE THE U. THE CONFEDERATE SURGEONS HAD TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN. ALMOST ALL OF THE SETS WERE PRE-WAR AND FROM ENGLAND AND EUROPE. I HAVE USED THIS SET TO SHOW SPECTATORS WHAT A CONFEDERATE AMPUTATION SET LOOKED LIKE. COULD IT HAVE BEEN USED BY A CONFEDERATE SURGEON? SAW MARKED PEPYS POULTRY LONDON. AMPUTATION KNIVES 14″ & 13″ IN LOWER SECTION MARKED WEISS LONDON. 2 SINGLE EDGE KNIVES. ONE DOUBLE SIDED ONE 12 1/2. AMPUTATION SCALPEL 7 MARKED WEISS. TOURNIQUET MARKED WEISS LONDON. AMPUTATION KNIFE IN UPPER SECTION NOT MARKED. BONE FILE IN UPPER SECTION MARKED WEISS LONDON. TENACULUM AND RETRACTOR IN LOWER SECTION MARKED YOUNG. ARTERY FORCEP MARKED DOWN. BONE NIPPER MARKED MILLIKIN. TWO FLEAMS UNDER SAW IN UPPER SECTION WITH CASE, ONE MARKED WEISS, OTHER JUST HAS A CROWN EMBLEM. ADDED AMPUTATION SCALPEL IN LOWER SECTION, NOT PART OF ORIGINAL SET, MARKED YOUNG, FITS SLOT LOOSELY. WOOD CASE WITH TWO BRASS LOCKING CLIPS, KEY LOCK MISSING. RED VELVET LINING, SHOWS LIGHT WEAR. MICHAEL CRUMPLIN, THE FOREMOST EXPERT ON ENGLISH 18TH-19TH CENTURY MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS IN HIS BOOK (MEN OF STEEL, SURGERY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS). SAYS THAT IT WAS QUITE COMMON TO HAVE MIXED MAKERS IN ENGLISH AMPUTATION SETS. 13 SINGLE SIDED KNIFE MISSING VERY TIP OF BLADE. SLIGHT BEND TO TIP OF SAW FROM BEING REMOVED FROM TIP HOLDER IN UPPER SECTION, VERY SLIGHT. NO RUST ON ANY INSTRUMENT, SOME VERY LIGHT AGE STAINS, NORMAL FOR AGE. ALL HANDLES MADE OF EBONY. DOWN AND YOUNG INSTRUMENTS ADDED AT A LATER TIME. OVERALL CONDITION OF SET EXCELLENT PLUS. VERY NICE VALUE ON THIS REAL AND ORIGINAL1800’S AMPUTATION SET. HERE, YOU CAN HAVE THE REAL THING FOR JUST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE! PLUS IN GREAT CONDITION, BASICALLY COMPLETE AND OF MUSEUM QUALITY. I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS MANY OTHER MEDICAL AND CIVIL WAR RELATED ITEMS, SO, PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS. The item “VERY RARE EARLY 1800’S ENGLISH AMPUTATION SET WEISS, PEPYS, MILLIKIN” is in sale since Friday, July 6, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Medicine\Surgical Tools”. The seller is “urbanbob2000″ and is located in Sykesville, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.