Antique Medical Instruments

von C Keith Wilbur

152 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Lifestyle, Hobbys und Freizeit Antiquitäten und Sammelobjekte
• ISBN: 9780764329937
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2008
• Größe: 277 x 213 mm
• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing