{"product_id":"antique-medical-instruments-by-schiffer-publishing","title":"Antique Medical Instruments by Schiffer Publishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFulfilled by our friends at Schiffer Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFamily 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.[AuthorName]C. Keith Wilbur[\/AuthorName][AuthorBio]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…\"[\/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]1500 drawings[\/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][\/CoAuthor][SubTitle][\/SubTitle][ColorPattern]1500 drawings[\/ColorPattern]","brand":"VYSN","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":42650440400990,"sku":"carro-15706525","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/6555\/6830\/files\/9780764329937.jpg?v=1776284247","url":"https:\/\/impossible-girls-2.myshopify.com\/products\/antique-medical-instruments-by-schiffer-publishing","provider":"Impossible girl's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}