I am always looking for unusual antiques in the categories of Medicine, Dentistry, Quackery, and Pharmacy. All 16th and 17th century instruments are of particular interest as are exhibition pieces. If you think you may have or know of an item that would fit into this collection please let me know (a 20% finder's fee is available). Below is a list of my CURRENT SPECIFIC INTERESTS:
* Seton Clamp or Forceps
* Large or Unusual Quack Devices
* Orbitoclast for Lobotomy (original)
* Kolff Drum Dialysis Machine
If you have any of these please click the Contact Me link at the upper right of this page.
The search never ends, and that is the challenge and fascination of collecting medical antiques!
SETON CLAMP
This seton was used in the 17th-18th century for counterirritation. The needle introduced a piece of thread through skin, usually the neck, to create a draining wound to presumably remove evil humours from inside the body.
SETON CLAMP
SETON CLAMP
LARGE QUACK THERAPEUTIC DEVICE
This is a large Abrams quack medical instrument but I am also looking for other large unusual functional quack devices of the late 19th or early 20th century.
ORBITOCLAST FOR LOBOTOMY
This instrument was used by Dr. Walter Freeman in the mid 19th century for prefrontal lobotomy in order to change the behavior of mental patients. I'm interested in a documented original rather than a reproduction.
KOLFF DRUM DIALYSIS MACHINE (ca 1943)
Willem Kolff invented the dialysis machine for human use and imported several of these devices into the United States in the early 1940's.