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Description:: Tooth forceps. Instrument has steel body with curved handles; handles curve outward from lock; handles have incised, cross hatched decoration; sides of forceps interlock right beneath jaws; jaws sit flat against each other and have gradually curving exteriors; jaws taper at tips.
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 2
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Spoon. Oval porcelain bowl glazed in white and covered in hand-painted cobalt blue "strawflower" pattern as well as gilt enamel edging; bowl has half-cover with moustache-shaped edge and small opening at distal tip; other end contains a curved handle which ends in two porcelain "fins" or "feet" on the underside to stabilize the spoon on a flat s...
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Spoon. Oval porcelain bowl glazed in white and covered in hand-painted cobalt blue "strawflower" pattern with red and gold accents, as well as gilt enamel edging; bowl has half-cover with moustache-shaped edge and small opening at distal tip; other end contains a curved handle which ends in two porcelain "fins" or "feet" on the underside to stab...
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Creator:: Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Description:: Surgical instruments. A group of four surgical knives; one french finger knife by Caswell & Hazard Co., one scalpel by Marht & Dorning, one tenotome by Noyes Brothers & Cutler, and one curved, sharp-pointed bistoury by W. F. Ford. No case is present. Includes manufacturer markings:"W.F.FORD""MAH[R?]T & [D?]ORNING""N.B.&C."CASWELL HAZARD & C[o?]"
Contributor:: Noyes Brothers & Cutler
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 5
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Apothecary jar. White apothecary jar with pedestal base, cup-shaped body, narrow neck, and small domed lid capped with a small round knob; blue linear shield decoration around black lettering. Includes manufacturer markings:"SYR: CINNAM:"
Created:: 1850 - 1935?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 10
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Apothecary jar. White apothecary jar with pedestal base, cup-shaped body, narrow neck, and small domed lid capped with a small round knob; blue linear shield decoration around black lettering. Includes manufacturer markings:"SYR: FOENICUL:"
Created:: 1850 - 1935?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 9
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Creator:: Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Creator:: Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Contributor:: Major Parlby
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16