Sale 8075
London, South Kensington
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13 August 1998
Price realised
GBP 4,830
Estimate
A fine 19th-Century surgeon's medical set, by Stodart, the bone-saw with fruitwood handle, the bone-brush with ivory handle, the set containing two trephines, various knives, hooks, tweezers, a lancet with tortoiseshell guards, a finger-saw, two Liston knives, two tourniquets, a tooth key, and other items (two minor pieces missing), in plush-lined brass-bound mahogany case -- 16½in. (41.8cm.) wide See Colour Illustration
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