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Antique Medical Devices

1870s Genitourinary Instruments of Bougies Oak Box Antique Medical Device
Located in Milan, IT
Set of genitourinary instruments of Bougies, medical instruments placed in a box made of oak, made
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1870s Italian Antique Medical Devices

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Metal

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXIII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXIII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments / medical devices like a
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print ‘Pl. XXII’ by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXII : 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments / medical devices like a
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Civil War Era Leg Brace or Splint with Metal, Brass & Wood Construction
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
surface to secure it. This is a very crude and early example of a utilitarian medical device, which is
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Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Medical Devices

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Brass, Cut Steel

Early 19th c.Medical Teaching Device- Shadowboxed Wax Fetus Models c.1800-1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
medical teaching device. Numbered and attached to a velvet background. In a sealed wooden box with early
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Early 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Medical Devices

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Wood, Velvet

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXIV' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXIV: 'Chirurgie.' (Surgery). This plate shows medical instruments / devices for treating
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print ‘Pl. XXXIII’ by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXIII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for treating
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXV' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXV: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for childbirth
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXVI' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXVI: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for the
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.). This plate shows medical instruments / devices like a knee
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XIX' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XIX : 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments / devices like scissors
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Mid-18th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

American Victorian Walnut Cased Standing Magnifying Glass
Located in Hudson, NY
frame and is adjustable to height with a wooden screw set device. Made circa 1880 the wood is richly
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Medical Devices

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Glass, Walnut

Antique Print of Pendennis Castle, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, 1879
Located in Langweer, NL
and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and
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19th Century Antique Medical Devices

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Paper

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Unique Late 19th-Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and unique late 19th-early 20th century gilt bronze Cartel clock By François Linke The heavy and great quality bronze clock is topped by an urn with rams heads and c...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Medical Devices

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Bronze

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Medical Devices

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Other

17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Medical Devices

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Spruce

1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti & Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian barometer of oak wood, signed Negretti & Zambra London from the second half of the 19th century, complete with reading vernier for checking the pressure variation and th...
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1860s British Antique Medical Devices

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Oak

18th Century Painted Boiserie Panel
Located in Washington, DC
A 18th century painted boiserie panel.
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18th Century French Antique Medical Devices

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Wood, Paint

18th Century Painted Boiserie Panel
18th Century Painted Boiserie Panel
H 41.5 in W 48.5 in D 2 in
Limoges France Dish in Royal Blue with Fragonard Couple and Fine Gold Metal Trim
By Limoges, Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Limoges France Dish in Royal Blue with Fragonard Couple and Fine Gold Metal Trim. Elegant fine vintage Limoges porcelain with 22-karat gold painted trinket small dish vide poche catc...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Antique Medical Devices

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Gold Plate, Brass

Vintage Prosthetic Foot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage authentic prosthetic foot. Interesting piece of medical history. Great vintage condition.
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1960s American Antique Medical Devices

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Rubber

Vintage Prosthetic Foot
Vintage Prosthetic Foot
H 8 in W 11 in D 3.5 in
1910s Doctors' Medical Scale Mechanical Stand Up with Weights
Located in New York, NY
1910s antique Industrial stand up doctors' scale. Features height indicator and a movable weights with great old paint. Please note, this item is located in one of our NYC locations.
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1910s American Industrial Antique Medical Devices

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Metal

German 1900s Antique Ear Trumpet medical instrument Made of Ebonite and Rubber
Located in Milan, IT
Ear trumpet, bell and earphone of ebonite and extension of rubber, German medical instrument, manufacture of the early 1900s. Measures: Length 10 cm, 3.9 inches, bell diameter 4.5 cm...
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Early 20th Century German Antique Medical Devices

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Rubber

Late 19th century Wooden and Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden and brass polarimeter with cast iron tripod base from the late 1800s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugar...
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1890s British Antique Medical Devices

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Brass

Raimundo de Madrazo Y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo Y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a li...
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1880s Spanish Rococo Antique Medical Devices

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Canvas, Giltwood

English Regency Decoupage Box, Early 19th Century
Located in valatie, NY
English Regency decoupage box, early 19th century. This box was made by using the decorative finish of decoupage. The box is covered in cut-out images of ladies in feathered hats, a ...
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Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Medical Devices

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Brass

Shock Therapy McIntosh Polysine Generator Quck Medical Device
Located in Norwalk, CT
A very interesting piece having to do with the treatment of mental health in america. this machine dates to the 1940s or earlier, its missing and of the cords or paddles but promise...
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Mid-20th Century American Antique Medical Devices

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Metal

Antique 2 Draw Telescope, English, Chromed Brass, Terrestrial, Astro, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 2 draw telescope. An English, chromed brass terrestrial or astronomical refractor, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Perfect for bird watching, la...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Medical Devices

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Brass

Induction Coil or Sled Antique Scientific Instrument by Du Bois Reymond 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Induction coil by Du Bois Reymond, also known as Sled of the Du Bois Reymond system designed around 1870 during electrophysiology studies by Emil Du Boid Reymond (1818-1896) known Ge...
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1870s Antique Medical Devices

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Brass

18th Century Medical Syringe
Located in London, GB
18th Century Medical Syringe For historical medical use and dating from the 18th century, and certainly from the beginning of the 18th century. This hand-crafted example is made to...
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1780s Unknown Antique Medical Devices

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Natural Fiber

18th Century Medical Syringe
18th Century Medical Syringe
H 4 in W 0.6 in D 0.6 in

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Medical Scarificator, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
the 18th century, this device would cock and the trigger would release, causing spring-driven rotary
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19th Century European Antique Medical Devices

1900 Eureka Nebulizer - Rare and Decorative Quack Medical Device
Located in Peekskill, NY
This was a device used for treatment of all respiratory problems. Company literature claims this
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Early 20th Century American Antique Medical Devices

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Steel

1920s Baldness Cure and Display Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
This blind rub is a 1920s era Quack medical device that was designed to stimulate hair growth. It
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Early 20th Century American Antique Medical Devices

19th C. Parabolic Magnifier Medical Lamp Device
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
This is a very interesting and rare item that was mainly used to magnify specimens. Flared black metal candle base supporting nickel-plated parabolic reflective disk holding an adjus...
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19th Century American Industrial Antique Medical Devices

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Metal, Nickel

Important Light Therapy Cage
Located in Peekskill, NY
device as Quack Medical...Types of light therapy are still used in the treatment of depression. You can
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Medical Devices

Male Continental Silver Chastity Device
Located in New Orleans, LA
-erotic stimulation in children and adolescents. Seen as a medical necessity, such devices were used from
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19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Medical Devices

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Silver

Antique Spanish Medical Cabinet by Clausolles Sociedad Anónima Barcelona
Located in London, GB
Antique medical cabinet by Clausolles Sociedad Anónima, Barcelona, Spain (circa 1920s). There are
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1920s Spanish Antique Medical Devices

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Metal

Mortitans Cranial Jig
Located in Peekskill, NY
These devices were used by surgeons as well as morticians. This example is hinged and the sides
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Medical Devices

Mortitans Cranial Jig
Mortitans Cranial Jig
H 14 in W 8 in D 8 in
Artificial Pneumothorax by Forlanini, 1882
Located in Milan, IT
tuberculosis patients. On the instrument you read “Apparecchio per il pneumotorace Prof. Forlanini” (device
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1880s Italian Antique Medical Devices

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Glass, Wood

Artificial Pneumothorax by Forlanini, 1882
Artificial Pneumothorax by Forlanini, 1882
H 17.49 in W 7.09 in D 3.35 in
Large Lustre Ware Pitcher Dated 1824 for the Orange Order of Northern Ireland
By Sunderland
Located in Katonah, NY
Kingdom. The images and devices depicted upon it pertain to a lodge of the Orange Order and in particular
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Medical Devices

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Earthenware

Oil Painting Portrait of Lord Edward Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1870-1941)
By Oswald Birley
Located in London, GB
commission in the Rifle Brigade. He passed his medical examination but was turned down on account of being a
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Medical Devices

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Oil

Wooden Stethoscope Italian Antique Medical Device Manufacture 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden stethoscope, in two screwable pieces, medical instrument Italian manufacture from the early
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Medical Devices

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Wood

1920s Baldness Cure and Display Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
This blind rub is a 1920s era quack medical device that was designed to stimulate hair growth. It
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Early 20th Century American Antique Medical Devices

Rare 1901 Eureka Nebulizer
By The Eureka Nebulizer 1
Located in Peekskill, NY
the history of early medical devices. It still has all the original glass bottles, air tank and air
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Medical Devices

Rare 1901 Eureka Nebulizer
Rare 1901 Eureka Nebulizer
H 52 in W 26 in D 26 in
Mortitans Cranial Jig
Located in Peekskill, NY
These devices were used by surgeons as well as morticians. This example is hinged and the sides
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Medical Devices

Mortitans Cranial Jig
Mortitans Cranial Jig
H 14 in W 8 in D 8 in
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon in Exile
By Napoléon III
Located in New York, NY
medical attendant during his exile at St. Helena. His enormously popular work was a diaristic account of
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19th Century English Antique Medical Devices

Gamain Medical Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Constructor Paris' This French construction device of the 1920's consists of a dome lined at its periphery
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Early 20th Century French Antique Medical Devices

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Steel

Gamain Medical Floor Lamp
Gamain Medical Floor Lamp
H 51.19 in Dm 11.82 in
1925s Sialytic Medical Wall Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
construction device of the 1925's consists of a Set of individual mirrors in addition to a very thick glass
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Early 20th Century French Antique Medical Devices

1925s Sialytic Medical Wall Lamp
1925s Sialytic Medical Wall Lamp
H 53.15 in Dm 18.51 in
Bakelite and Metal Mechanical Massager, Dr Macaura's Pulsocon, with Original Box
By Doctor Macaura
Located in Petaluma, CA
box British patent 13932. The device is made of bakelite and the base is chrome plate metal. A similar
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Late 19th Century English Antique Medical Devices

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Bakelite

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Antique Medical Devices For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique medical devices for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, wood and metal, all antique medical devices available were constructed with great care. Antique medical devices have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique medical devices made by Victorian designers — are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Antique Medical Devices?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $211, while they’re typically $114 on the low end and $2,375 highest priced.