Isbn: 9780887400940 - antique medical instruments (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing, a large trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A hand-lettered tour of medical history via the doctors' instruments, illustrated with careful and detailed drawings by Wilbur, who is both a physician and an artist. Depicts a wide range of medical instruments from the mid-1700s through current usage, including 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. Includes a price guide, a list of museums, index. Large format, 149 pp. Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.…