Lot Essay
The 1889 George Tiemann & Co. American Armamentarium Chirurgicum shows this on page 122, priced $2.50.
Details
A Baumscheidt's Lebenswecker counter-irritation/inflamation instrument, the spring-loaded needles in a turned ebony case with screw-mounted cover -- 10in.(15.5cm.)long
Literature
Truax(1899): The Mechanics of Surgery, pg. 233-234.