Leypoldt

An essay on Gustave Dor�, by B. P. G. Hamilton, will soon be published by Leypoldt of Philadelphia.

The two other patent scarificators in the Smithsonian collection were both invented by Frederick M. Leypoldt of Philadelphia.

Leypoldt’s second patent, issued in 1851, was for a scarificator with a greatly simplified inner mechanism allowing for a substantially smaller and lighter case.

Leypoldt probably marketed his scarificators, there being in the Smithsonian collection other bloodletting instruments with his name, but he did not form a major surgical supply company as did George Tiemann.

Stamped on back panel is “F. Leypoldt/Phila.”