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Antique Medical Instruments

by C. Keith Wilbur

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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, show more vaccination lancets, trepanning tools, and others. This is an important resource for all medical personnel, historians, and collectors. show less

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Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 610.28 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Medicine and health Compends Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials
LCC: R856 .A5 .W55 — Medicine Medicine (General) Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
BISAC: ANT ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1987
Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 610.28
LCC: R856 .A5 .W55

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