Posted 10 years ago
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Here is one of the most interesting finds I have made in quite a while. This is an original 1899 copy of “Mechanics Of Surgery, Comprising Detailed Descriptions, Illustrations and Lists of The Instruments, Appliances, and Furniture Necessary in Modern Surgical Art”, by Charles Truax. This book is 1029 pages packed with every conceivable instrument of the day. Let me tell you something, most of the stuff in here gives me the creeps, I cannot imagine these being used on me.
Here is a quote from a website, “The most authoritative source on surgical instruments and apparatus of its day, Truax’s encyclopedic work describes and depicts virtually the entire range of instrumentation employed in the surgical and medical practice at the turn of the century.”, not bad for $1.00....
Medical Advances Lost in Time!
Thank you very much aghcollect , pw-collector & vetraio50......
I would never be able to get any sleep knowing my girlfriend had access to any of those!
You are right this is some scary looking stuff blades and Urethra in the same sentence WOW!!!!!!! And Ouch!!!!!!!!!
That is awesome. You may be able to solve some of the weird mysteries on here with that book.
Thank you very much Trey & AzTom, yes, there are over 1000 pages of this bazaar stuff.
I think it's a good thing that it's not still being published.
I'd love to get a hold of one of these.
Az, not if you live with a woman! Well, maybe mine are a bit unconventional.
Thank you very much gargoylecollector & petey...
very very cool!!!
Thank you very much SEAN68 & Budek...