title: Surgical instruments as a window into the profession's past.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Alistair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.forename: Julia F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Leuver
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments