Historical Medical Instruments

History of medicine | History & Facts | Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine

history of medicine, the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 21st century. Unwritten history is not easy to interpret, and, although much may be learned from a study of the drawings, bony remains, and …

The Collection of Historical Scientific …

https://chsi.harvard.edu/

The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which was established in 1948 to preserve this apparatus as a resource for teaching and research in the history of …

The Historical Medical Equipment Society

https://www.historicmedequip.org/

The Historical Medical Equipment Society was founded in 1996 at a meeting of collectors and museum curators in London. The HMES aims to promote education and …

The History of Medicine how Surgical Instruments have …

http://www.actforlibraries.org/the-history-of-medicine-how-surgical-instruments-have-changed/

In fact, Kirkup asserts that most contemporary surgical instruments – bone saws, surgical needles, scalpels, and similar items – are adaptations of their nonsurgical predecessors. …

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools - Surgical Technology

http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools/index.html

11 of the Most Ghastly Medical Instruments in History

https://www.medelita.com/blog/11-ghastly-medical-instruments-from-the-past

Artificial Leech. Image courtesy of Phisick. Bloodletting was a common practice throughout history, dating as far back as 2,500 years ago. In the 1800's an …

10 Terrifying Historic Medical Instruments

https://listverse.com/2013/09/09/10-terrifying-historic-medical-instruments/

10 Osteotome. While technically a type of chain saw, this medical instrument, invented by Bernard Heine around 1830, wasn’t used to cut down trees. The …

7 of the most gruesome medical devices in history - STAT

https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/17/medical-devices-history/

Here are seven of the more cringe-inducing instruments from medicine’s past. 1. Artificial leeches. When in the 1800s live leeches were unavailable, or perhaps …

10 terrifying medical devices from history

https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/inventions/10-terrifying-medical-devices-from-history/

4) Lithotome, 19th century. This long, claw-like instrument was inserted up the urethra and into the bladder. The surgeon would then use it to grip onto small bladder …

22 Strange Medical Instruments From the Past That …

https://gizmodo.com/22-strange-medical-instruments-from-the-past-that-make-1556206419

Three plastic humanoid shells, filled with sodium chloride solution, used for measuring radioactivity. Bergonic chair for giving general electric treatment for …