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Title: Amputation implement,
Post by: artx on November 05, 2013, 10:36:02 AM

hi all.

take a look on this item:Amputation implement, mid 19th century, made by H. Reiner, Austria
someone know how it should work?
and what is worth,i didn't found item like this on ebay.

THANKS.  :)

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: KC on November 05, 2013, 10:51:22 AM

Items like this are VERY collectible.  Antique/vintage medical are big among collectors, physicians, etc.

I have a whole reference on medical items and am looking it up....

I have in my files that he made equipment for urology (removal of stones/tumors). "is defined by the construction of post-revolutionary direct endoscopes of Joseph Grünfeld (manufactured by H. Reiner) and the onset of indirect endoscopy following the invention of Nitze-Leiter instruments." http://eauvienna2011.org/about-vienna/vienna-in-the-history-of-urology/ (http://eauvienna2011.org/about-vienna/vienna-in-the-history-of-urology/)

I have in my files that he dealt with ears...  See cochlea models on this site
http://antiquescientifica.com/archive30.htm (http://antiquescientifica.com/archive30.htm)

He is noted as having medical equipment on display in the Medical Section of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880.

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: artx on November 05, 2013, 10:57:49 AM

hi KC thanks for ur answer.
from the picture can u see if the item is complete?


and how should it work?

thanks.

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: mart on November 05, 2013, 12:10:54 PM

I don`t see anything about this that would make me think it was for an amputation !!

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: bigwull on November 05, 2013, 01:19:59 PM

If you look at it..as if it were a gun,and hold it in your hand,with your fingers through the loop and the strait piece in your palm then squeeze...the long piece that looks like a barrel..has i think a pair of little jaws that open...this will be used for amputating...a small something with the body..as opposed to an external amputation

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: artx on November 05, 2013, 02:04:05 PM

KC thank for the great info.

and mart i took the Description from the action house Description.

bigwull thank you also i think i get how it should work.

i must say things like this item is a bit creepy. :o



i think the most i will pay would be 50$.
is too much or too less ?

thanks.

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: KC on November 05, 2013, 07:06:22 PM

Wullie advised well on how it should be held!!

My motto, go as low as possible and set a limit!  I wouldn't go over $50...but see what the bids are like...and maybe not got that high!

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: cogar on November 06, 2013, 04:23:40 AM

Put your little finger thru that slotted hole and then squeeze the handle and you will see how it works. ;D ;D ;D ;D

It would work great for "trimming" the claws or toenails of cats and dogs, etc.

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: artx on November 06, 2013, 09:00:39 AM

 :D :D :D lol

btw.
i have 1 more item in the same action
is a Small night candlestick, Art Nouveau, Tiffany, New York 19TH.

what do you think this candlestick worth?

thanks.

Title: Re: Amputation implement,
Post by: bigwull on November 06, 2013, 10:54:57 AM

Quote from: cogar on November 06, 2013, 04:23:40 AM

Put your little finger thru that slotted hole and then squeeze the handle and you will see how it works. ;D ;D ;D ;D

It would work great for "trimming" the claws or toenails of cats and dogs, etc.

Na...i think it would be better for making yer Moggie into a Manx Cat lookalike.....you may have to google ..Manx Cat.... ;D