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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 48891, member: 111"]Personally, wouldn't feel 'sorry' for Dr. Wilbur, suspect those items illustrated probably are medical instruments, but if he does show some ink erasers, might keep in mind that when he wrote the book, the numerous online reference sources and opportunities to share information weren't readily available as they are now - and some lancets (fleams like the one in post #9 were generally for veterinary use) were similar in appearance to ink erasers. Regardless, even usually reliable references can have the occasional mistake, and of course no one is perfect, or <i>knows it all</i>...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Ink Erasers, 1894:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12244[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Ink Erasers, 1882:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12245[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Lancets, 1901:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lancets, etc., 1899:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>And then, there's this thing, 1890:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 48891, member: 111"]Personally, wouldn't feel 'sorry' for Dr. Wilbur, suspect those items illustrated probably are medical instruments, but if he does show some ink erasers, might keep in mind that when he wrote the book, the numerous online reference sources and opportunities to share information weren't readily available as they are now - and some lancets (fleams like the one in post #9 were generally for veterinary use) were similar in appearance to ink erasers. Regardless, even usually reliable references can have the occasional mistake, and of course no one is perfect, or [I]knows it all[/I]... ~Cheryl [B] Ink Erasers, 1894:[/B] [ATTACH=full]12244[/ATTACH] [B] Ink Erasers, 1882:[/B] [ATTACH=full]12245[/ATTACH] [B] Lancets, 1901:[/B] [ATTACH=full]12246[/ATTACH] [B]Lancets, etc., 1899:[/B] [ATTACH=full]12251[/ATTACH] [B]And then, there's this thing, 1890:[/B] [ATTACH=full]12253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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