Rediscovering and collecting these antique instruments is becoming an increasingly common pastime within the medical fields.
Collecting Medical Antique Instruments
Dr. Laurie Slater shares the history of surgical tools and medical antiques with amazing pictures. Learn how these tools were used and how today they might be considered torture and quackery.
Collecting Methods, Investing in Historical Artifacts
From Dr. Michael Echols:Collecting is a non-specific science. The methods, but not the information, used to collect in one area are usually applicable to collecting in another. There are steps you have to take to understand how, what, and when to collect. If one just goes out and starts accumulating "stuff" then there is no order or flow to building a high-grade collection. During the past twenty years, I have collected in several areas: gold coins, Winchester rifles, antique fishing lures, surgical and amputation sets so I know 'how to' collect.
Liquidating an Antique Medical Collection
You’ve spent years and a lot of after-tax income assembling your medical collection. Now, at a certain age or due to unforeseen circumstances (e.g., retirement, divorce, tax issues, death, health problems, or a concern for your collection), you have decided it is time to let go of your prized possessions. What do you do? How do you go about it? Who do you contact? Who can you trust?Strange Medical Devices
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Pictures and descriptions of unusual medical and health related devices. Many of these have been featured on the Mystery Antique of the Week series.
