The Southern California Medical Museum
Curator’s Corner Page 2
IDENTIFICATION OF ARTIFACTS
Here is the start of a list of resources that can be of use to identify items in your medical, dental or pharmaceutical museum. This list will be expanded as time goes on.
American Surgical Instruments by James M. Edmonson, Ph.D. 1997 Norman Publishing Co.
American Armamentarium Chirurgicum George Tiemann Co. Catalog 1889 Reprinted by Norman Publishing Co.
Antique Dental Instruments by Elisabeth Bennion 1986 Sotheby’s Publications. UK
Antique Medical Instruments by Elisabeth Bennion 1979 University of California Press Berkeley, CA
Antique Medical Instruments by C. Keith Wilbur, MD 2003 Schiffer Publishing Co. Atglen, PA
Delasco Dermalogic Buying Guide Delasco 2005 Council Bluffs, IA
Early American Home Remedies by Elmer L Smith 1968 Applied Arts Publishers Lebanon, PA
Laboratory Instruments Apparatus Supplies Braun Corporation 1934 Los Angeles, CA
Medical Surgical and Pharmaceutical Catalog 1999 Henry Schein Co. Melville, NY
Medico Surgical Reference 1963 Medical Economics Co. Ovadell, NJ
Old Medical and Dental Instruments by David J. Warren 1994, 1999 Shire Publications, Ltd.. Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK
Patent Medicine-The Golden Days of Quackery by Elmer L. Smith 1973 Applied Arts Publishers
Lebanon, PA
The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medial Instruments and Equipment by Dr. Gordon Damman Volume 1 1983 Volume 2 1988 Volume 3 1997 Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. Missoula, MT
Pike’s Illustrate Catalogue of Scientific and Medical Instruments by Benjamin Pike, Jr. 1856 Facsimile edition 1984 The Antiquarian Scientist Dracut, MA
The Pill Rollers by Lillian C. and Charles G. Richardson 1992 Old Fort Press Harrisonburg, VA
Revolutionary Medicine 1700-1800 by C. Keith Wilbur, MD 1980 The Globe Pequot Press Chester, CT
S & T Microsurgical Instruments and Accessories 1985 Accurate Surgical and Scientific Instrument Corp. Westbury, NY
Surgical Instruments Notebook by Brent J. Beckett 2004 Thousand Oaks, CA
Whitall, Tatum and Company 1880 Catalog Reprint 1971 The Pyne Press Princeton, NJ
The Victorian Chemist and Druggist by W.A. Jackson 2001 Shire Publications, Ltd.. Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK
The Victorian Hospital by Lavinia Mitton 2001 Shire Publications, Ltd.. Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK
