Catalogue of Hospital and Surgical Equipment and Supplies
New York, N.Y. The Hospital Supply Company and The Watters Laboratories, 1922. Quarto, 448 pages, publisher's original blue cloth-covered boards. Profusely illustrated throughout with many black-and-white illustrations. Catalogue of Hospital and Surgical Equipment and Supplies, issued in 1922 by the Hospital Supply Company and Watters Laboratories, is an extensive early twentieth-century medical trade catalogue illustrating and describing the instruments, furnishings, apparatus, and supplies then available to hospitals, physicians, surgeons, and laboratories. Such catalogues provide valuable documentation of the material culture of medicine, preserving a detailed record of contemporary surgical instruments, hospital equipment, diagnostic devices, laboratory apparatus, and related medical technology. Published at a period of rapid development in modern hospital practice and surgical technique, the volume offers a useful visual and commercial record of American medicine in the years immediately following the First World War. An appealing piece of medical and commercial ephemera, particularly suitable for collections relating to the history of medicine, surgery, medical technology, hospital history, and early twentieth-century trade catalogues. Some minor rubbing and wear, slight discoloration, previous owner's inscription, else in very good condition. Item #509
Price: $350.00