60 Rare Books & Catalogs on Surgical Instruments
This is the largest and most complete collection of its kind, containing thousands of pages of historical texts, photographs, diagrams, and illustrations covering the development, evolution, and specialization of surgical instruments across centuries.
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Files are fully searchable, printable and shareable across devices.
Includes:
Core Surgical Texts & History
• A Manual of Minor Surgery and Bandaging – Christopher Heath (1883)
• A Manual of Surgery for Students and Physicians – Francis T. Stewart (1921)
• A Text Book of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy – Claude Bernard (1878)
• A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery – Samuel Sharp (1740)
• Dictionary of Practical Surgery – Samuel Cooper (1825)
• Modern Surgical Instruments – Robert Boyd (1844)
• Pye’s Surgical Handicraft – Walter Pye (1891)
• Surgery Illustrated with Fifty-Two Plates (1837)
• The History and Literature of Surgery – John S. Billings (1895)
• The Mechanics of Surgery: Descriptions, Illustrations, and Lists of Instruments (1899)
• Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times – John Stewart Milne (1907)
• The Surgical Instruments of the Hindus
Catalogues, Atlases & Illustrated References
• An Atlas of Surgical Apparatus – Henry Thomas Chapman (1832)
• Aloe’s Illustrated and Priced Catalogue of Superior Surgical Instruments (1893)
• Book of Illustrations – S. Maw, Son & Thompson
• Illustrated Catalogue of Standard Surgical Instruments – Hudson Surgical Co. (1915)
• Illustrated Catalogue of Surgeons Instruments – Wm. Hatteroth’s Surgical House
• Illustrated Catalogue of Surgical Instruments and Allied Lines – Fred Haslam & Co. (1917)
• Illustrated Catalogue of Surgical Instruments and Appliances – Caswell, Hazard & Co. (1874)
• Illustrations of Surgical Instruments of Superior Quality – Horatio G. Kern (1869)
• Illustrations of Surgical Treatment Instruments and Appliances – L. Eric Farquharson (1942)
Manufacturer & Supplier Catalogues (Merged by Publisher)
• Down Bros – Surgical Instruments & Appliances (1885, 1890)
• Evans & Wormull – Surgical Instruments & Appliances (1876, 1889)
• Reynders, John & Co. – Illustrated Surgical & Veterinary Instruments (1883, 1889)
• Geo. Tiemann & Co. – Surgical Instruments / American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (1872, 1879)
• Arnold & Sons – Surgical Instruments (1879)
• Matthews Brothers – Surgical Instruments (1874)
• Krohne & Sesemann – Surgical Instruments & Appliances (1901)
• J. Gardner & Son – Surgical Instruments & Appliances (1913)
• Sharp & Smith – Surgical Instruments (1889)
• Knauth Brothers – Surgical Instruments & Physician Supplies (1891)
• James Woolley – Surgical Instruments & Medical Appliances (1896)
• V. Mueller & Co. – General Surgical Instruments & Apparatus (1911)
• John F. Kuemerle – Surgical & Dental Instruments & Syringes (1858)
Medical, Military & Specialty Instruments
• Manual of Surgical Bandages, Devices and Dressings – Goffres (1859)
• Manual of Splints and Appliances – U.S. Army Medical Department (1917)
• Medical and Surgical Supplies Selected to Meet War Conditions (1917)
• Descriptive Catalogue of Obstetrical Instruments – Alban H. G. Doran (1921)
• Ophthalmological Apparatus – E. B. Meyrowitz (1921)
• History and Evolution of the Intubation Apparatus (1900)
Specifications, Innovations & Mechanical References
• An Account of Inventions and Improvements in Surgical Instruments (1831)
• An Account of Some New Instruments (1838)
• Encyclopedia of Mechanical Auxiliaries (1838)
• Specification of Surgical Instruments –
– James Lee Hannah (1857)
– Richard Edward Hodges & William Brockedon (1857)
Pharmaceutical & Supply Catalogues
• Catalogue of Drugs, Pharmaceutical Preparations & Medicinal Wares (1851)
• Catalogue of Entire Stock of Drugs, Fixtures & Fittings – David Walker & Son (1851)
• Physician’s Catalogue of Homeopathic Medicines & Surgical Instruments – Boericke & Tafel (1880)
• Price List of Physicians’ Supplies – Truax, Charles, Greene & Co. (1893)
• Catalogue of Edison-Lalande X-Ray & Electro-Medical Apparatus (1910)
