Illustrated Catalogue of Domestic & Imported Surgical Instruments: Suction, Pressure, etc. by J. Sklar Manufacturing Co | 10th Edition, 1934

"Illustrated Catalogue of Domestic and Imported Surgical Instruments, Suction, Pressure and Anaesthesia Apparatus, Physicians and Hospital Supplies" by J. Sklar Manufacturing Co., Tenth Edition, published in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934. This extensively illustrated trade catalogue presents thousands of drawings of surgical instruments, anesthesia apparatus, medical devices, and hospital and physician supplies, offering a fascinating snapshot of medical equipment and practice in the early twentieth century.

Quarto (7" x 10.25"). 448 pages. Bound in full green textured cloth with gilt lettering to the upper board and spine. The binding shows edgewear, bumped and rubbed corners exposing the boards, and fraying with some loss at the head and foot of the spine. The boards are soiled and stained, with evidence of repair to the rear joint. A hole in the center of the front board continues through the endpaper. An empty pocket is affixed at the front, with an AGNM ex-library bookplate. Pages are lightly toned.

A substantial illustrated catalogue for collectors of medical antiques, historians of surgery, and those interested in the evolution of surgical instruments, anesthesia, and hospital equipment.