a French, 2^nd 1/2 19^th Century, Bennett’s percussor, stamped Graillot Gasseline Suc^R and plated and horn handle, engraved for 'CN' – 17cm. long; an early 20^th Century, binaural stethoscope with flexible rubber tube, plated ear piece and frame with ebonised chest piece – 54cm. long (extended); a French,19^th Century, plated dynamometer, oval with two central scales and two indicators – 13cm. wide; a steel director/scoop with ring handle, by W. Foulston, contained in fitted leatherette, plush-lined case – 8.4cm. x 4.3cm. x 1cm.; two English, 20^th Century, glass thermometers in plated cases, labelled Boots and A. Fleming & Co. (SUCCRS) London – approx. 11cm. long; a brass-encased 15-second sandglass, with ring attachment – 8.5cm. (long) and a similar, plated – 7.5cm. long; an English, Thoma-Hawksley’s haemacytometer incomplete set, by Thoma Hawksley London, with cross-line micrometer on a glass slide inscribed DEPTH 0.1mm 1/400SQMM, with two graduated glass pipettes one marked on reverse Hawksley Lond BSS the other similar (broken), contained in fitted leatherette, plush-lined case – 19cm. x 10.8cm. x 2cm; English, by Down Bros London, plated callipers, graduated on one arm arm – 10.6cm. long

Note: The stethoscope was previously bought at Sotheby’s on 27^th January, 1988 (Lot 104). The director/scoop was previously bought at David Stanley Auctions on 28th July, 2004 (Lot 639). The ear piercer was previously bought at David Stanley Auctions on 25th March, 2000 (Lot 620).