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The Evolution of Surgical Instruments is the first comprehensive work on the subject published in over sixty years and arguably the most important general history of surgical instruments ever published. The only prior work on the subject, C. J. S. Thompson’s The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments (1942) attempted to cover the entire history in only 113 pages. Elisabeth Bennion’s Antique Medical Instruments (1979) concentrated chiefly upon the aesthetic aspects of medical and surgical instruments to 1870. James Edmonson’s comprehensive history, American Surgical Instruments (1997), focused on instruments manufactured in the United States up to 1900.
xviii, 510 pp. 579 illus., 30 in color. 8 1/2″ × 11″. Index. Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper. ISBN 0-430405-86-2. Norman Surgery Series No. 12.
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You will find it is not easy to read. But think about the reference (you can find some through Google), you can not find these ancient references by yourself. So you have no choice and need to buy it. There are only one reference (Michael Sachs, Marcus Auth, Albrecht Encke. Historical Development of Surgical Instruments Exemplified by Hemostatic Forceps. World J. Surg. 22, 499-504, 1998) like this. Though history of modern medical device, like bipolar, endoscope, is not difficult to find. It is impossible to find other old instruments evolution history. That is why you must have it. If you are lack of funds, then you must ask the library in your institution, university to buy it.
Rating: 5 / 5
As an advanced collector of pre-1900 surgical instruments and sets, I have found this text very valuable as a reference and research source. It covers English, European, and American instruments which allows comparative analysis of instruments for identification and dating. Since I specialize in Civil War surgical instruments, I have found the information invaluable in making decisions about instruments which are of Civil War or earlier production and thus correct or incorrect for a given maker or set.
Dr. Michael Echols
American Surgical Antiques
Rating: 5 / 5