Antique Mettlach Beer Stein, 2001 B Doctors Medical Book, Pewter Owl RARE for Sale

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Antique Mettlach Beer Stein, 2001 B Doctors Medical Book, Pewter Owl RARE For Sale

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Antique Mettlach Beer Stein, 2001 B Doctors Medical Book, Pewter Owl RARE:
$429.00

Besides some wear age related - I could not detect any cracks or chipsPlease zoom into photos to see all the details and measurementsThe “Medical Man” Stein (per Beersteins.net)

The inlay depicts the staff of Aesculapius which consists of a blue serpent wrapped around a red staff. The staff is in memory of Aesculapius the ancient Greek god of healing. It is the worldwide symbol of the medical profession. The relevance of the serpent (snake) lies in its annual shedding of skin which symbolizes rejuvenation. The staff stands for magical powers. The end of the staff is in a bowl to depict a pestle in a mortar crushing the elixiir of life. All of this is set against a sun burst background (indicating that darkness has been destroyed). The verse “Wider Den Tod Ist Kein Krautlein Gewachsen” on the inlay translates as “No little herb has grown that fends off death.”

The books on the steins, which are medical text books, are two volumes ofDeutsche Chirurgie(German Surgery) by Billroth & Lücke;Archiv für Klinisch Chirurgie(Archive for Clinical Surgery), dated 1860;Aetiologie Der Tuberculose(Etiology of Tuberculosis) by Koch;Kleinere Schriftenby Virchow;Reichs-Gesund: Heits-Amt(German Department of Public Health) by A. D. Mittheil ;Anaesthetica(Anesthesia) by Nepom Nussbaum;Schadellehre(Phrenology) by Franz Jos. Gall;De Corporis Humani Fabricaby And. Vesal., dated 1543;Opera(Operations) by Galeni; andReine Arzneimittel Lehre(Pure Pharmacology) by Hahnemann.