The American journal of the medical sciences
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, a periodical of 1827 published in New Jersey and aimed at physicians and medical readers, carries engraved plates of surgical and clinical instruments. The pictures show precision mechanical devices drawn in fine line with lettered reference marks, including a cross-shaped clamp with screw-tightened arms, a stand with a rounded head and threaded column, and forceps-like tools with pointed jaws and screw adjustments; a designer might borrow their dense hatching, labelled technical diagrams, and clean mechanical geometry.
