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Show ii J ii i USE-D BY ANCIENT PHYSICIAN Graeco-Roman Medical and SurQlcal Instruments of Bronzo Now In Johns Hopkins University. Wllllnm II. Uuekler, who served on the staff of the American cmbnsqy In London during tho wnr, hns presented to tho Archeologlst museum of Johns Hopkins university, of which ho was u former trustee, n sot of undent Oraoco-ltoninn Oraoco-ltoninn medical nnd surglcnl lustru-nieiitM lustru-nieiitM found two years ngo near Kolo-phon, Kolo-phon, In Asia .Minor. The collection was on exhibition In London nnd wns formerly In tho possession pos-session of tho Into Alfred O. Van Leii-ncp, Leii-ncp, Dutch vice consul In Smyrna, who owned a largo estnto nenr Kolophon nnd wns well acquainted with tho ex- iMivilflnllM unit fllannvnrlna 111 flint vl .f,. .I..V..0 U..U llld(,UVlll.i, 111 lllt.fc , clnlty. Tho Instruments, 30 In number, nro nil of bronze, with but ono exception. They woro probnbly tho property of some Itomnn physician living In Asia Minor In tho first or second century A. D nnd tho fact thnt they woro nil found In ono plnco Is doubtless explained, ex-plained, In tho opinion of experts, by the ancient custom of burying n person's per-son's worldly possessions wlUi hlm. Tho set Includes surglcnl knives nnd elevators, forceps, tenncula (sharp hooks), n unique drill bow, for uso In Injuries nnd diseases of tho kull, scoops, probes nnd n cnutcry. The drill bow Is, from tho point of view of tho archeologlst, perhaps the most Interesting object. It is llko a tool used by carpenters. |