Excerpt from List of Staple Medical and Surgical Supplies, Vol. 1: Selected to Meet War Conditions by the Committee on Standardization Appointed by the Council of National Defense; Surgical Instruments
O the end that the needs of the medical services of the Army and Navy, Red Cross and Civilian Hospitals, in the matter of instruments, apparatus, and all supplies, may be success fully met under the abnormal conditions existing in time of war, the Secretary of War, as chairman of the Council of National Defense, appointed a Committee on Standardization to select a minimum number of articles essential to the conduct of the Nation’s medical activities.
The lists of surgical instruments and apparatus appearing in these pages were selected by subcommittees, appointed by the Committee on Standardization, composed of medical officers of the Army, Navy, Public Health Service, and Red Cross, and civilian practitioners of the highest type representing all special ties of medicine, working in conjunction with committees of manufacturers of such instruments and appliances.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
