Author: BENNION, Elisabeth:
Title: Antique Medical Instruments.
Description: Sotheby Parke Bernet / University of California Press, Berkeley, CA., 1979, in-4to, XII + 1 leaf + 355 p., including index, chronological chart, bibliography and directory of surgical instrument manufacturers, richly illustrated + some small papers & catalogue on the same subject added, orig. clothbound, ill. jacket. Fine copy. ¶ Very generously illustrated throughout with 380 black and white and color photographs. A detailed history of every form of surgical and medical appliance from spectacles to trepanning instruments starting with medieval times and their history up to 1870. Also covers dental, veterinary and hygienic instruments. A particularly valuable resource for collectors with a remarkably extensive 38 page listing of instrument manufacturers for the period covered. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

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