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拍品 53 MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & LITERATURE
(LOTS 53-82)
Property from the Collection of John Kirkup MBE, MD, FRCS, Dip Hist Med.
My collection of early surgical books and associated instruments was purchased with the object of investigating, interpreting and writing an account of the evolution of surgical instrumentation from the remote past to the present1.The books are 16th to 19th century works, mostly illustrated, and the instruments, apart from the Roman items, stem from the early to late 19th century with handles in exotic materials prior to thermal sterilisation which destroyed these and stimulated an all metal armamentarium. Instruments prior to the 19th century remain rarities for purchase.
My objectives were also prompted by an appointment in 1981 as Honorary Curator of the Historical Instrument Collection at the Royal College of Surgeons of England where older items were available for study. One consequence of this participation was the introduction of relevant instruments during the recent revision of the Hunterian Museum, contributing significantly to its current popularity. This work promoted formation of the Historical Medical Equipment Society, of which I was chairman for ten years. The books and instruments have assisted a study of limb amputation2 and also a continuing series on surgeons and their instrument innovations in the Journal of Medical Biography.
It is my hope this collection will interest others and stimulate investigations in the field of surgical history which remains wide open for further studies.
References
1. Kirkup, J. The Evolution of Surgical Instruments: an illustrated history from ancient times to the twentieth century. Novato: historyof science.com, (2006).
2. Kirkup,J. A History of Limb Amputation. London: Springer Verlag, (2007).
(LOTS 53-82)
Property from the Collection of John Kirkup MBE, MD, FRCS, Dip Hist Med.
My collection of early surgical books and associated instruments was purchased with the object of investigating, interpreting and writing an account of the evolution of surgical instrumentation from the remote past to the present1.The books are 16th to 19th century works, mostly illustrated, and the instruments, apart from the Roman items, stem from the early to late 19th century with handles in exotic materials prior to thermal sterilisation which destroyed these and stimulated an all metal armamentarium. Instruments prior to the 19th century remain rarities for purchase.
My objectives were also prompted by an appointment in 1981 as Honorary Curator of the Historical Instrument Collection at the Royal College of Surgeons of England where older items were available for study. One consequence of this participation was the introduction of relevant instruments during the recent revision of the Hunterian Museum, contributing significantly to its current popularity. This work promoted formation of the Historical Medical Equipment Society, of which I was chairman for ten years. The books and instruments have assisted a study of limb amputation2 and also a continuing series on surgeons and their instrument innovations in the Journal of Medical Biography.
It is my hope this collection will interest others and stimulate investigations in the field of surgical history which remains wide open for further studies.
References
1. Kirkup, J. The Evolution of Surgical Instruments: an illustrated history from ancient times to the twentieth century. Novato: historyof science.com, (2006).
2. Kirkup,J. A History of Limb Amputation. London: Springer Verlag, (2007).
BOURGERY, Jean Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) and Nicolas Henri JACOB (1781-1871, illustrator). Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire. Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1831-1854. 16 volumes in 8 (including atlases), 2° (420 x 315mm). 8 lithographic titles, 726 lithographic plates all but one hand-coloured, of which 8 folding and 3 double-page, by Bénard, Delaporte, and others after Nicolas Henri Jacob. (Spotting and browning throughout, with vol. III being very much cleaner than the rest, short marginal tears to folding plates.) ?Original publisher's quarter black roan over pebbled-gained black cloth (extremities rubbed).
已結束2011年9月29日
成交價
GBP 5,000