CIVIL WAR ERA TIEMANN IVORY HANDLE BISTOURY SCALPEL

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IVORY HANDLED BISTOURY, BLUNT END, SCALPEL BY GEORGE TIEMANN AND CO. N.Y. IS THE ' HOLY GRAIL ' OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS ! A IVORY HANDLED SCALPEL BY G. TIEMANN IT IS THE CURVED BISTOURY, BLUNT END, SCALPEL KNIFE FOR EYE SURGERY MARKED - G. TIEMANN & CO. THE SCALPEL IS APPROX. 5" LONG IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE PICTURES BELOW ARE FROM THE CIVIL WAR ERA TIEMANN CATALOG PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE EYE SCALPELS BY TIEMANN, APPROX. 10 OF THEM AND OTHER SURGERY INSTRUMENTS PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ITEMS FROM A MEDICAL MUSEUM ! IT COMES FROM A MEDICAL MUSEUM IN WEST VA. THE MUSEUM HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE AND I HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED TO REPRESENT THE MUSEUM ON EBAY. THE MUSEUM CONTAINS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, APOTHACARY, MEDICAL FURNITURE AND CABINETS, MICROSCOPES, SCALES, SKELETONS, A VERY RARE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ELECTRIC MEDICAL DEVICES, MEDICAL BOOKS, EXAM/SURGEON TABLES AND MUCH-MUCH MORE. FROM MY INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE ITEMS, THEY RANGE IN TIME FROM THE MID-1800'S TO THE MID-1900'S. SO, PLEASE STAY TUNED, IT IS A WONDEROUS COLLECTION ........ PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER LIVING HISTORY AND REENACTMENT FORM LOTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE QUARTERMASTER, PROVOST MARSHAL, U.S. AND C.S. SURGEON MEDICAL FORM COLLECTIONS, HOSPITAL STEWARD AND read more