Vintage Soviet Medical & Surgical Nursing Handbook – USSR, Moscow 1985

Original Soviet medical handbook for operating-room and dressing nurses, published in Moscow in 1985.

This vintage USSR medical reference book, «Справочник операционной и перевязочной сестры» (Handbook for Operating Room and Dressing Nurses), offers a detailed look at Soviet surgical and nursing practice during the final decade of the USSR.

Published by Meditsina in Moscow in 1985, this is the second revised and expanded edition, edited by Professor B. D. Komarov and compiled by Doctor of Medical Sciences M. M. Abakumov.

Created as a professional handbook for medical personnel, the book covers operating-room organization, sterilization, surgical instruments, dressings, preparation of patients, nursing responsibilities, postoperative care and procedures from numerous surgical specialties.

Throughout the volume are period medical illustrations, diagrams and technical tables depicting surgical equipment, needles, instruments, operating tables, bandaging techniques and patient positioning.

These illustrations make the volume particularly interesting today as an artifact documenting Soviet medical practice and medical technology of the 1980s.

Subjects Covered

The handbook discusses operating-room organization, surgical instruments, suture materials, sterilization, dressing rooms, trauma care, burn treatment, abdominal surgery, urology, gynecology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, vascular procedures and other areas of surgical nursing.

Bibliographic Details

Original title: Справочник операционной и перевязочной сестры
English title: Handbook for Operating Room and Dressing Nurses
Editor: B. D. Komarov
Compiler: M. M. Abakumov
Publisher: Meditsina
Published: Moscow, USSR
Year: 1985
Edition: Second, revised and expanded
Language: Russian
Pages: Approximately 480
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrations: Yes
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)

Condition

Authentic vintage pre-owned condition.

The pages have natural age-related toning/yellowing consistent with a book published in 1985. The book remains readable and presents well as a historical reference or collectible.

Please examine the photographs carefully for the exact condition. The photographs show the actual book offered for sale.

Original Soviet publication — not a modern reproduction or reprint.

Collecting & Display

An interesting addition to a collection of Soviet books, USSR memorabilia, medical history, vintage nursing literature, historical surgical references or medical ephemera.

It can also make a distinctive gift for a doctor, nurse, surgeon, medical student, medical historian or collector interested in Soviet science and medicine.

Important: This is a historical medical publication from 1985. Its medical information reflects the knowledge and standards of its period and is offered for historical and collectible purposes rather than as current medical guidance.