What is it?

FinsnFur · April 24, 2011, 08:52:34 AM

Hawks Feather · April 24, 2011, 09:51:13 AM

That is an old dialer switch for a computer. Or the trigger mechanism for a 10 shot rubber band gun.

Jerry

P.S. I really have no clue what it is.

Bills Custom Calls · April 24, 2011, 09:51:58 AM

Ah Hell thats one of dowhichmabob's for a whatnot

vayotehowler · April 24, 2011, 09:54:00 PM

the fins on the right look like coin slot or actuator or trigger for something. but no idea

FinsnFur · April 24, 2011, 11:31:57 PM

None of ya are even close yet.

HaMeR · April 25, 2011, 06:09:23 AM

Steel guitar neck.

FinsnFur · April 25, 2011, 07:13:15 PM

Geeeeeeeez! I thought you guys would have had this so fast I'd look like a retard for posting it.

Here's the deal

It's a Medical Bleeder.
Back in the day they used to think that most ailments were caused by a blood imbalance, so they used instruments like this wicked thing to induce bleeding.

Did you know that George Washington died from being bled after reportedly having some kind of throat virus?

Here's a nice little article that explains this bizarre technique.
http://medicalantiques.com/medical/Scarifications_and_Bleeder_Medical_Antiques.htm

Todd Rahm · April 25, 2011, 07:55:06 PM

My question is..............................

Why to have one Dr. Jim?

I grew up around leeches doing all the blood letting.

FinsnFur · April 25, 2011, 09:41:12 PM

I dont have one...I actually seen a guy find one on Storage Wars once, or Auction hunters or something and it really boggled me.
So I decided to look it up and see if any of you guys ever heard of them.

5 SHOTS · April 25, 2011, 09:48:37 PM

It does have a very faint resemblance to the thing they used on me one time in the emergency room. The one they used on me was plastic and disposable though. I should mention that they used it every half hour for the first 12 hours then only every hour for the next 12 hours.

vayotehowler · April 25, 2011, 10:17:58 PM

ammit i most guessed that. it was on storage wars the other night and thought about that

FinsnFur · April 26, 2011, 05:28:46 AM

They apparently were available in tons of different shapes and sizes. I'm surprised they used one on you Art. I thought these were a antique taboo medical tool from ancient times.

5 SHOTS · April 26, 2011, 09:40:01 AM

They called it "Flow and Clot test" . They timed how long it took for the drops of blood to touch, and then how long for it to clot. It sounded to me like that is a very common test with rattlesnake bites.

slagmaker · April 26, 2011, 12:54:52 PM

It would make sense to do a flow and clot test after a rattlesnake bite. Rattlesnake venom is an anticoagulant. Makes ya bleed into your own tissues. You could tell how active/strong the venom is by how fast your blood clots.

5 SHOTS · April 26, 2011, 08:53:33 PM

Yeah....What HE ^ said.

Thanks Bear.

FinsnFur · April 27, 2011, 05:12:05 AM

How did it work? Did they drag it across your skin? Or flip something and those blades drive into down into you?

5 SHOTS · April 27, 2011, 08:29:05 AM

They put it against my skin ( after they shaved a spot ) and pushed the lever. The blades were spring loaded and snapped down to make the cuts. I had a lot of fun with that nurse

.....until she started bringing the doc with her every time she had to come back.

FinsnFur · April 27, 2011, 06:02:20 PM

Ya scared the poor girl