MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (SIC F5047) Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of surgical and other medical instruments, apparatus, and equipment; dentist equipment; artificial limbs; operating room and hospital equipment; X-ray machines; and other electromedical equipment and apparatus used by physicians and in hospitals. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of professional supplies used by medical and dental practitioners. SIC 5047 is subdivided in some tables into the following catagories- 1. Medical and hospital equipment. 2. Dental equipment and supplies.