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1132014141815734Code 292 Welch ophthalmoscopeOtoscope and ophthalmoscope, located in its original wooden box covered in purple velvet inside; the box contains 4 plastic nozzles and a magnifying glass from 0 to 20 signed Welch Allyn Auburn NY makers Pat No 2027663; the instrument, made of metal and plastic, has the signature WA Co. Auburn N.Y. and Pat 18 November 1924; the box has the signature of the seller Huston Bros & Co Surgical supplies established in 1887 No. 185 Wabash Avenue Chicago. Box cm 23.5x10.5 - inches 9.25x4.13.
The firm Welch and Allyn still exists today and it was founded in 1915 by William Noah Allyn and Dr Francis Welch, who made in the same year the first ophthalmoscope direct self-illuminating, hand held, in the world. Due to the crisis caused by the First World War, the sales were difficult; Allyn decided to bring at the 1920 convention of the American Medical Association, in Chicago, his instruments. Since he had not booked a spot in advance, he agreed with the manager of the meeting to put a small table with his tools in the men's bathroom; the unusual location was very busy and the result was that at the end of the week he had sold the whole inventory. Since that time, the company continued to expand.
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