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Bennion E. Antique dental instruments. 1986. Museum WU 26 B472a 1986
Bennion E. Antique medical instruments. 1979. Museum W26 B472a 1979
Connor JTH. The artifacts and technology of the health sciences: a bibliographic guide to historical sources. 1987. Museum ZWZ40 C752a 1987
Dammann G. Pictorial encyclopedia of civil war medical instruments and equipment. 3 vols. 1983, 1988, 1997. Museum WO162 D162p v. 1-3 1983, 1988, 1997
Davis AB. Medicine and its technology: an introduction to the history of medical instrumentation. 1981.. Museum W26 D261m 1981
Davis AB and Dreyfuss M. The finest instruments ever made: a bibliography of medical, dental, optical and pharmaceutical company trade literature, 1700-1939. 1986. Museum ZW26 D261f 1986
Edmonson JM. American surgical instruments: an illustrated history of their manufacture with a directory of the instrument trade to 1900. 1997
Edmonson James M. Nineteenth century surgical instruments : a catalogue of the Gustav Weber Collection at the Howard Dittrick Museum of Historical Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio : Historical Division, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, 1986 Hist WO162 E24n downloadable PDF available
Kirkup JR. “The history and evolution of surgical instruments.” Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 63 (1981): 279-85; 64 (1982):125-32; 65 (1983):269-73; 67 (1985): 6-60; 68 (1986):29-33.
Lawrence G. “The ambiguous artifact: surgical instruments and the surgical past.” in Lawrence C., ed. Medical theory, surgical practice: studies in the history of surgery. 1992. Hist WO11 M489m 1992
Reiser SJ. Medicine and reign of technology. 1978. Hist QY11 R375 1978 [also KSL R145 R44]
Tiemann G & Co. American armamentarium chirurgicum. 1989 [reprint of 1889 ed]. Museum W26 T562a 1989
Truax C. The mechanics of surgery. [reprint of 1899 ed.] Museum WO162 T865m 1988
Wilbur CK. Antique medical instruments: price guide included. 1987. Museum W26 W666a 1987