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A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE MICROSCOPES |
Microscopes were used to examine a world 'unseen' and poorly understood. Prior to the acceptance of the theory that germs caused infection in the 1870's, the microscope was more a curiosity than tool for the typical physician. Once the medical community accepted the theory that microscopic bodies caused the problems associated with surgery and day-to-day treatment of most diseases, the microscope became an essential part of daily diagnosis. On display are some of the types of microscopes which may have been used in the practice of medicine before and just after the turn of the nineteenth century.
French made scope. Maker unknown. See page 69 of Billings, Fig. 130 for exact scope and description. Eleven inches high. |
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| B & L marked 19089 on base., cleaned, no case, operative. |
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| A real nice B & L. with the mahogany case. |  |
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| Small, claw base painted green. Unmarked, unknown maker. In the case. |  |
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| German made Teichgraben, in the
correct wood case with accessories. Really super nice scope and fully
operational.
For sale: $825 |
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| B & L c. 1915, with wood student carrying case. |  |
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| Binocular, by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar. |  |
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| Universal household microscope by James W. Queen, Philadelphia, with wood case. |  |
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| Harthack, French, in the mahogany case with attachments. |  |
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| 1892 French scope in the mahogany
case. Case is marked "23 Feyziez 1892". Extra eye pieces in the
case.
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| Carl Zeiss, Jena. No. 171633, fully operational, with stage, all parts attached, in case with extra lens cases.
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