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Studded French Sharkskin Lancet Case

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Early French Sharkskin Lancet Case

 

A late 18th or early 19th century French sharkskin lancet case with studded decorations. The inner section is lined with green paper and the lids with decorated motifs. Inside are 6 translucent horn lancets. These tools of the trade would be de rigueur for a physician doing house calls to his patients at a time when blood letting was common practice.