Antique Medical Instruments by Wilbur, C. Keith

Antique Medical Instruments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780764329937)

Vendor: C. Keith Wilbur
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Antique Medical Instruments by Wilbur, C. Keith

Antique Medical Instruments

$14.99
Antique Medical Instruments by Wilbur, C. Keith

Antique Medical Instruments

$14.99
Format: Paperback
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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, vaccination lancets, trepanning tools, and others. This is an important resource for all medical personnel, historians, and collectors.

Author: C. Keith Wilbur
ISBN-10: 0764329936
ISBN-13: 9780764329937
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2008
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d
By C. Keith Wilbur
By C. Keith Wilbur
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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..."

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