Shelfmark

alo.3

Maker

A. S. Aloe & Co.

Subjects

Medical (syringe; sounds; bougies; speculum; endoscope; surgeon’s silk; thermometer; orthopaedic apparatus; operating chair; elastic hosiery; operating set; powder blower; artery and needle forceps; surgical needle; buggy case; medicine chest; antiseptic dressings; atomising tubes; physician’s saddle bag; urethral dilator; Electrical (battery)

Title

Recent Inventions and Improvements: Surgical Instruments and Appliances

Description

Catalogue of medical and surgical equipment with printed illustrations, prices, and in some cases descriptions of the instrument and instructions for use.

Illustration on cover: ‘Aloe’s Perfect Hypodermic Syringe, No. Price and instructions for using syringe.

page 5 (full page)- ‘Elastic hosiery, belts, supporters, etc.’ - labelled illustration of a female body with key to where dimensions are to be measured (e.g. ‘For an Anklet: Circumference at A.B.C. Length from sole of foot to C.’)

page 9 (full page): ‘Partridge’s New Compact Operating Set’
page 10 (full page): ‘The Improved Physician’s Saddle Bag: Aloe’s Patent’
page 11 (full page): ‘Weir’s Urethral Dilator, infallible and rapid for the Abortive Treatment of Gonorrhea in the Male’, with instructions for using the dilator to treat gonorrhea using nitrate of silver, and prevent it using extract of corn silk.

Earliest Date

1885

Latest Date

1885

Pages

12

Address

Corner of 4th and Olive Sts, St. Louis Factory: No. 207 North Third Street, St. Louis

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Contents List

Hardback

Prices

Yes

Index

Illustrations

Yes

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