Antique Medical Instruments

ISBN-13:	9780764329937
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	05/14/2008
Edition description:	Sixth Edition with Revised Price Guide
Pages:	152
Sales rank:	288,080
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Family physician and artist Dr. C. Keith Wilber presents a hand-illustrated tour of medical history via the doctors' instruments. This study chronicles the evolution of a wide range of medical instruments from the mid-1700s through current usage. It includes discussions on microscopes, reflex hammers, stethoscopes, blood pressure instruments, electro-cardiographs, ophthalmoscopes, otoscopes, endoscopes, vaginal specula, thermometers, forceps, bullet probes, bloodletting instruments, vaccination lancets, trepanning tools, and others. This is an important resource for all medical personnel, historians, and collectors.