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Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus

Safe, Comfortable, Attractive, and Easy to Use: Improving the Usability of Home Medical Devices (1996), by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images with commentary at NAP)
Instruments for measuring nursing practice and other health care variables (The Administration, 1979), by United States. Health Resources Administration. Division of Nursing, Carol Ann Lindeman, and Mary Jane Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical device listing : information and instructions (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Division of Product Surveillance, 1978), by United States. Bureau of Medical Devices (page images at HathiTrust)
Ālāt al-ṭibb wa-al-jirāḥah wa-al-kaḥḥālah ʻinda al-ʻArab (Maṭbaʻat Miṣr, 1925), by Aḥmad ʻĪsá (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
FDA oversight medical devices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, July 16, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical equipment: regional carriers' coverage criteria are consistent with medicare law (The Office ;, 1995), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Durable medical equipment : specific HCFA criteria and standard forms could reduce Medicare payments : report to Congressional committees (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical device regulation : the FDA's neglected child : an oversight report on FDA implementation of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 : report of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Diabetes aids : selected products. (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, 1979), by National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (U.S.) and Metabolism National Institute of Arthritis (page images at HathiTrust)
Kitāb al-ajhizah al-jirāḥīyah : Murattab ʻalá bābayn (al-Maṭbaʻah al-Kubrá, 1839), by Muḥammad ʻImrān Hirrāwī (page images at HathiTrust)
Automatic control of the physiological functions of the organism during surgery (U. S. Joint Publications Research Service, 1968), by V. M. Akhutin (page images at HathiTrust)
Hyperämie als Heilmittel (Verlag von F.C.W. Vogel, 1907), by August Bier and Verlag von F.C.W. Vogel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The electric light current in medicine and surgery (L. Graham, in the 1890s), by William Scheppegrell (page images at HathiTrust)
The safety mask : or Prophylactic protector from diseases produced by contagion, infection and malaria (A. G. Hodges & co., printers, 1847), by John Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
NIH consensus development conference (U. S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch, Division of Research Services, 1979), by Henry S. Eden, Murray Eden, and National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
The acquisition and maintenance of medical equipment ([Washington] : U.S. Domestic and International Business Administration, Bureau of Domestic Commerce : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Bureau of Domestic Commerce, Claude Bandy, and Marlene Barger (page images at HathiTrust)
Dr. A. Bier's vacuum apparatus for the induction of artificial hyperemia in the treatment of inflammatory diseases : manufactured under the personal supervision of the author for the Kny-Scheerer Co., sole agents for the American continent. ([The Company?, 1905), by August Karl Gustav Bier and Kny-Scheerer Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of microscopes and accessories : microtomes, bacteriological apparatus, laboratory supplies and instruments for clinical diagnosis. (Chas. Lentz & Sons, 1899), by Charles Lentz & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety of electrically powered products. (Dept. of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, 1996), by Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
FDA oversight : medical devices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, July 16, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Sterile medical devices : a GMP workshop manual (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Devices and Radiological Health ;, 1984), by National Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.) and National Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.). Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)
Technologies for the handicapped and the aged (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications, Technology Transfer Division, 1979), by Trudy Bell, United States House Committee on Science and Technology, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging, and United States. Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications. Technology Transfer Division (page images at HathiTrust)
[Notebook belonging to Wilder Penfield, 1914-1918]. (1914), by Wilder Penfield (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Certificates of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments. (Newburyport [Mass.]: : --Printed by Edmund M. Blunt., [1796]), by Elisha Perkins (HTML at Evans TCP)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Catalogs

NHRIC, National health related items code directory 1974- (Bureau of Medical Devices and Diagnostic Products., 1974), by United States. Bureau of Medical Devices and Diagnostic Products (page images at HathiTrust)
Physicians' supplies and surgical instruments. (Knauth bros., 1892), by Ann Arbor Goodyear & co. (page images at HathiTrust)
Illustrated catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : for sale (Codman & Shurtleff, 13 & 15 Tremont Street, Press of T.W. Ripley, 1875), by Codman & Shurtleff (page images at HathiTrust)
Preis-Verzeichniss d. Glashuettenwerke... so wie chemischer... medicinisch-chirurgischer Apparate. (Berlin, 1860), by Quilitz & Co Warmbrunn (page images at HathiTrust)
Illustrated catalogue of surgical, dental and veterinary instruments : galvanic batteries, artificial limbs, artificial eyes, deformity apparatus, elastic stockings, trusses, etc., etc. (Pioneer Press Co., 1888), by Minn.) Noyes Bros. & Cutler (Saint Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
Illustrated catalogue of magic and dissolving view lanterns, slides, and lime light apparatus, amateur photographic outfits, &c., model engines and propellers, &c., magneto electric machines, &c. (J. Wilson, 1884), by Hearn & Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
Instruments de précision. (Paris, 1897), by Charles Verdin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
HEW Inventions available for licensing (The Dept., 1973), by United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Norman J. Latker (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Cost effectiveness

Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging and Cost Effectiveness (1982), by William B. Stason and Eric Fortess (PDF files at Princeton)
Assessing Selected Respiratory Therapy Modalities: Trends and Relative Costs in the Washington, D.C., Area (1981), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
The Costs and Effectiveness of Nurse Practitioners (1981), by Lauren LeRoy and Sharon Solkowitz (PDF files at Princeton)
The Feasibility of Economic Evaluation of Diagnostic Procedures: The Case of CT Scanning (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, 1981), by Judith L. Wagner (PDF files at Princeton)
Periodontal Disease: Assessing the Effectiveness and Costs of the Keyes Technique (OTA background paper #2, case study #5, for "The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology"; 1980), by Richard M. Scheffler and Sheldon Rovin (PDF files at Princeton)
Allocating Costs and Benefits in Disease Prevention Programs: An Application to Cervical Cancer Screening (1981), by Bryan R. Luce (PDF files at Princeton)
Benefit-And-Cost Analysis of Medical Interventions: The Case of Cimetidine and Peptic Ulcer Disease (1981), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
Cost benefit/cost effectiveness of medical technologies : a case study of orthopedic joint implants (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Judith D. Bentkover and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Benefit-and-cost analysis of medical interventions : the case of cimetidine and peptic ulcer disease (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Harvey V. Fineberg, Laurie A. Pearlman, and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
The costs and effectiveness of nurse practitioners (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Lauren LeRoy, Sharon Solkowitz, and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Formal analysis, policy formulation, and end-stage renal disease (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Richard A. Rettig and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Assessing selected respiratory therapy modalities : trends and relative costs in the Washington, D.C. area (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Richard M. Scheffler, Morgan Delaney, and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Periodontal disease, assessing the effectiveness and costs of the Keyes technique (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Richard M. Scheffler, Allan J. Formicola, Sheldon Rovin, and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
The feasibility of economic evaluation of diagnostic procedures : the case of CT scanning (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1981), by Judith L. Wagner and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Design and construction

Gaseous exchanges in isolated muscle and the perfection of an apparatus for studying same (1905), by Emery Roe Hayhurst (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Directories

Rehabilitation equipment and supplies directory. (Ypsilanti, Mich., 1958), by Josephine C. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Finance

Index of federal and state assistance programs for paramedic training or equipment (The Commission, 1976), by Illinois. General Assembly. Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Germany

Optik und Feinmechanik in Deutschland : ein Beitrag zur Wirtschaftlichen bedeutung der Optik und Feinmechanik, der Glasinstrumenten-Industrie und der Chirurgieinstrumenten-Fabrikation ... (Alexander Ehrlich, 1921), by Rudolf Braun (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Medical instruments and apparatus -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical device tracking : questions and answers based on the final rule (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health ;, 1993), by Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.). Office of Training and Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)

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