a Holt’s divulsor, English, c.1880, in fitted case with gilt label 'Maw, Son & Thompson London', in nickel plated steel and ivory, dilator and two of three bougies, case 35cm, with a cased heamaglobinometer, German, c.1920 by Leitz, Wetzlar with ivory fittings to tubes, case 15.5cm (2) [CITES]

Note: This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.

Note: Holt’s divulsor is described in Tiemann’s American Armamentarium Chirurgicum page 358. It is in effect a urethral dilator designed to stretch and release a stricture or narrowing of the urethra. The cannula without the bougie would be inserted through the tip of the penis up to or through the point of narrowing.The hollow bougie is then introduced over a central conducting rod, dilating the bore of the cannula as it passes, so releasing any stricture [CITES]

Note: This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.