title: Medical spoons. A brief look at patents of the 1870s and 1880s.
authors.affiliation: Department of History and Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Haller
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000266:history*; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012646:Self Administration / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs