Antique Medical Instruments
6th Edition
Published on 14. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-7643-2993-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Sixth Edition with Revised Price Guide
Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
1500 drawings
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-2993-7 (9780764329937)
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Person
Dr. Wilbur attended Vermont Medical School and established a family practice in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1953. The collecting of and writing about medical instruments has been a recent avocation about which Dr. Wilbur has said, "One of my pleasures has been to locate appropriate medical instruments for some of our area museums. It has been something of a treasure hunt..."