American Surgical Instruments: An illustrated history of their manufacture and a directory of instrument makers to 1900; Surgical and Dental Instrument Catalogues from the Civil War Era

doi:10.1056/NEJM199806253382622

Volume 338:1928-1929		June 25, 1998		Number 26

American Surgical Instruments: An illustrated history of their manufacture and a directory of instrument makers to 1900
Surgical and Dental Instrument Catalogues from the Civil War Era

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(Norman Surgery Series. No. 9.) By James M. Edmonson. 352 pp., illustrated. San Francisco, Norman, 1997. $150. ISBN 0-930405-70-6.
(Norman Surgery Series. No. 10.) By Snowden and Brother and John Weiss and Son. 344 pp., illustrated. San Francisco, Norman, 1997. $150. ISBN 0-930405-72-2.

Sushruta said more than 2000 years ago that to be a fit physician,one must have multiple virtues and be "fully equipped with suppliesof medicine, surgical instruments and appliances." The two booksreviewed here describe surgical instruments and will attractreaders with various interests. One of the books contains reproductionsof two surgical-instrument catalogues from the time of the CivilWar and will be of special interest to Civil War buffs and medicalhistorians. Edmonson has written a beautiful introduction tothe two catalogues, and we learn much about the two familieswho made the instruments and prepared the . . . [Full Text of this Article]