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Title: Thomas' American mechanical leech, breast glass, cupping glass & eye glass
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1847
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising Thomas' American mechanical leech, breast glass, cupping glass & eye glass cylinders; product images and information on recto; handwritten address in ink and postmark stamp at left on recto; testimonials and contact information for agent on verso.
"We respectfully invite the attention of the Medical Profession, and those engaged in the sale of Medical Instruments, throughout the country, to the articles indicated in the above caption..."--text, center of image, recto. "New York Hospital, January 12th, 1852. I have examined the construction of Thomas' Improved Mechanical Breast Glass, Cupping Glass, and Artificial Leech, and seen their operation..."--text, center of image, verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 28.26 x 46.99 cm (11 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MED_004503
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4533
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Medicine
Medical instruments and apparatus--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Medicine
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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