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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 138674, member: 44&quot;]A few minutes ago as I was bookmarking a couple of the websites with antique medical tools used in this thread, I stumbled on the German word printed on the top of this case. I believe the word is</p><p>&quot;Traŭnichtesbeißt&quot; that translates &quot;Do not trust it bites.&quot; I found it on the case of an Austrian spring lancet.</p><p><a href="http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/" rel="nofollow">http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I then looked around for Austrian lancets. I found a later bloodletting instrument called a multi blade scarificator marked &quot;F.D. Wien.&quot; Wien is Vienna. I believe to the right of the F.D. on this lancet was the word Wien. The site had no answer for F.D.</p><p>Scroll 1/2 way down the page:</p><p><a href="http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/" rel="nofollow">http://phisick.com/item/austrian-18th-century-spring-lancet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://antiquescientifica.com/Bloodletting_scarificator_FD_Wien_top_angle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Same one:</p><p><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/18th-antique-scarificator-bleeder-251813155" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/18th-antique-scarificator-bleeder-251813155" rel="nofollow">http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/18th-antique-scarificator-bleeder-251813155</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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