G. Gregory 3-Blade Fleam, Horn & Brass Bloodletting Tool

A 19th-century veterinary fleam by George Gregory of Sheffield, a documented lancet and fleam maker active from the 1820s through the 1860s, retaining its original cow horn scales and brass back. Gregory worked as a lancet and fleam maker on Bailey Lane before establishing himself as a master cutler on St Philip's Road, Sheffield; his son George Owen Gregory carried the fleam trade into the early 20th century.

Fleams were the standard tool for therapeutic bloodletting in horses and cattle: the vet positioned a blade over the animal's vein and struck the back of the tool with a "blood stick" to open it cleanly. This example carries three graduated lancet blades that pivot open in a fan from the horn and brass body, with "G. GREGORY" stamped into one blade.

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