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9 entries match Ancient [K01.400.470] · Instruments & Devices [E07]

1859 CE

#935.1

Experimental inquiries into the chemical and other phenomena of respiration, and their modifications by various physical agents.

Smith invented a respirometer to study changes in respiratory function under various conditions. See also the following paper (pp. 715-42) on the effects of foods on respiration. For an account of his work in this and…

1988 CE

#8949

Instrumental medico-quirurgico en la hispania romana.

2012 CE

#8402

La chirurgie en Égypte ancienne. À propos des instruments médico-chirurgicaux métalliques égyptiens conserves au musée du Louvre.

1983 CE

#6485.63

Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der römischen Kaiserzeit.

1846 CE

#930

On the capacity of the lungs, and on the respiratory functions, with a view of establishing a precise and easy method of detecting disease by the spirometer.

Invention of the spirometer, making possible the determination of the vital capacity of the lungs. Hutchinson used the spirometer while evaluating candidates for life insurance as a physician for Brittania Life. Parti…

1994 CE

#11834

Roman surgical instruments and other minor objects in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. With a catalogue of the surgical instruments in the "Antiquarium" at Pompeii by Ralph Jackson.

Definitive analysis of the most extensive extant collection of Roman instruments.

1907 CE

#5806

Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.

Reprinted, N.Y., 1970.

1913 CE–1914 CE

#6488

The surgical instruments of the Hindus, with a comparative study of the surgical instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab and the modern Eouropean [sic] surgeons. 2 vols.

Vol. 2 consists of plates.

2014 CE

#7503

The tools of Asclepius: Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.

The first major work on the subject since Milne's Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times (1907).