Antique Medical Instruments

Family 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]