Heurteloup with Rotating Scarifier. C 1850.
On application
The set in original red morocco leather case consists of a brass scarifier and two artificial leech and is lined with purple velvet.
After the cut had been made the glass tube would be placed over it and the wing nut turned to create a vacuum in the tube which would draw up the blood. More commonly they have a short scarifier which works by pulling back and releasing a sprung lancet, or a string mechanism for rotating a circular knife. This one also uses a circular knife but is unusual in that the mechanism for doing so is the withdrawing or advancing the piston. One of the artificial leeches has a piece of glass broken off and there is minor damage to the rotating circular knife.
Dr Baron Charles Louis Heurteloup (1793 – 1864) invented an artificial leech which was named after him. These were often used to bleed sensitive areas around the eyes or temples.
Measurements case 15,5 x 11,5 x 4,5 cm. One of the glass tubes has
