April 24, 2024
Antique LÜER Surgeon's Bone Amputation Saw with Ebony Handle, Civil War 'Era'
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From my Medical Collection : Here we have an Antique LÜER Surgeon's Bone Amputation Saw with Ebony Handle, Civil War 'Era' . Georges Guillaume Amatus Lüer, was born in Brunswick, Germany in 1802. Apprenticed to a cutler, he moved to Paris in 1834 where he apprenticed the leading Swiss-born surgical instrument maker Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière. Lüer flourished as a surgical instrument maker. Luer is best known for their patent invention of the calibrated glass and metal syringe, the plunger driven directly rather than by screw action and a conical nozzle ground for detachable push-fit needles. The saw is maker identified on the metal spine. The American Civil War was in the "pre-sterilization era" when medical instruments still had handles made of ebony, rosewood, bone, or gutta-percha (a hard rubber). The Ebony handle on this saw is in very good condition with a cross-hatched section for the palm and grooved ridges in the neck area to lessen the slipping of the saw in the surgeon's hand. There are NO cracks in the handle. The metal surfaces are all in very good condition with age-related darkening here and there. The blade is nice and straight and has very good sharp teeth. Saw is approx. 14-1/2" long. There are no cracks. breaks or repairs in this saw. This is a very good saw, by a known maker, to add to your medical collection.
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