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Vintage Wappler Electric Co. Medical Diagnostic Set with May Ophthalmoscope - A vintage medical diagnostic set manufactured by the Wappler Electric Co. of New York. The primary instrument is a May Ophthalmoscope, featuring a black-finished metal head with a rotating lens disk and a cylindrical chrome-plated battery handle. The head is marked with the patent date December 12, 1916, and a stylized caduceus logo. The set includes a Koch C 128 tuning fork of German manufacture, a reflex hammer with a rubber head, a metal tongue depressor, and three glass specimen vials with cork stoppers. The instruments are housed in a black pebbled leather case with a Kwik brand zipper. A secondary, smaller hard-shell case is included but is currently empty. The back of the ophthalmoscope head is hand-incised with the name DAWES, and the reflex hammer is incised with the initials A.K.A.Literal Transcription of Marks:Ophthalmoscope Head: MAY OPHTHALMOSCOPE WAPPLER ELECTRIC Co. NEW YORK, U.S.A.; PAT. DEC. 12. 1916; DAWESOphthalmoscope Handle: WAPPLER E.M.I. CO. N.Y.; TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.Tuning Fork: KOCH GERMANY; C 128Reflex Hammer: A.K.A.Case Zipper Pull: KWIK.