Dear Listers,

I am wondering if any subscriber may recognize what this specialized kit of (medical ?) instruments was used for (see image at):

http://skiles.net/medical_kit.jpg

The kit is believed to have come from the estate of a medical doctor (who served several terms as a member of Congress in the early 1800s); it is suspected to have had a very specialized medical purpose, as none of the modern medical doctors I've shown it to could identify it.

~ Bob Skiles