Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 156 pages
- Published by: Schiffer Publishing; 4th Rev edition February 1, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 076431081X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764310812
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Book Description
The development of a wide range of
Medical instruments is chronologically organized to their most current uses. Arranged into groups of diagnostic and therapeutic instruments, and illustrated by precise hand drawings, this new book is an important source for all
Medical personnel, historians, and collectors. Dr. Wilbur's unusual combined talents of physician and illustrator give this book factual verity and visual clarity. In fact, he is thrice blessed. As a physician he accurately describes the instruments, their development, and uses. As an illustrator he has carefully drawn the instruments clearly to show their unique details. And as a communicator he has hand-lettered all of his text in precise calligraphy. From the doctor's bag are microscopes, reflex hammers, stethoscopes, blood pressure instruments, electrocardiographs, ophthalmoscopes, otoscopes, endoscopes, vaginal specula, thermometers, and more. From the
Medical office come forceps, bullet probes, blood-letting instruments, vaccination lancets, trepanning tools, and others. The Price Guide is a tool for the second-hand market and the list of museums specializing in the
Medical field will inspire visits and further research.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Antique Medical Instruments (Paperback)
The biggest problem with this book is that the only color photo that exists is the one on the cover. All other images are illustrations, which, for antique collectors, doesn't help much. Each instrument is well described as well as the evolution of that instrument from it's humble beginnings to the early 20th centurary. Color photos of the intruments would have been much more helpful and made the book more enjoyable.
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