Auction 75 · Lot 301
A collection of medical tools from the time of Talmud. Group of five. Length: 5.5 - 2 inches.
A collection of medical tools from the time of Talmud. Group of five. Length: 5.5 - 2 inches.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(MEDICAL TOOLS)
summary
The Talmud (Berachoth f. 60a) records Rebbe Yishmael as stating that God permits a physician to heal his fellow-man. Indeed Shmuel Amora was a doctor (see Baba Metzia f. 85b) whose views on treating the sick are noted in Baba Metzia f. 107b, as well as his Halachic questions relating to medicine (see Shabbos ff. 129a and 148a). Shmuel’s medical practices are also recorded (see Nedarim f. 50b) The Mishnah in Keilim (12:3) makes note of a chest of medical tools.
These medical tools are a window into the past as to how doctors in the time of the Mishnah and Talmud performed their trade.