Figure 39.—Typical 19th-century brass spring lancet and case. The case is stamped “Traunichtessticht,” which translates, “Watch out, it stabs.” (NMHT 308730.10; SI photo 74-4088.)
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Figure 40.—Spring lancets, dated 1775. (Held by Rhode Island Medical Society; SI photo 73-5762.)
Figure 41.—Fleam, 16th century. (From Leonardo Botallo, De Curatione per Sanguinis Missionem, Antwerp, 1583. Photo courtesy of NLM.)
