ANTIQUE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. Price Guide Included. by Wilbur, C. Keith.

ANTIQUE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. Price Guide Included.

Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1987. First edition - 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. ISBN: 0-88740-0949.

Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 31066
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