Medical Poems: A Distinctly Unique Collection of Medical Remembrances in Verse

William H. Lipman, M.D.

Verlag: Book House, Inc., 1981

Beschreibung

1981 signed first edition, Book House, Inc. (Bartlett, Tennessee), 7 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in printed covers, 11, 32, 18, 112 pp. (173 pages total.) Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Japanese tissue repairs to tears along the spine. A presentation copy from the author and his wife to the prior owner, with his inscription on the front cover. Otherwise, apart from a few pages with creased tips, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare collection. Not in OCLC. ~SP13~ [2.0P] Contents: Philosophic Profiles (Motivation; The Hippocratic Oath, A Toast to My Patients, The Doctor Shortage, The Game of Life, Don't Put Us on the Shelf, The Door with the Red Shield Above); Professional Profiles (The Allergist, Anesthetist, Dermatologist, Modern Family Physician, Old Family Doctor, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Internist, Medical Researcher, Naso-Laryngologist, Neurosurgeon, Nurse, Ophthalmologist, Optologist, Orthopedist, Pathologist, Pediatrician, Physician's Wife, Psychiatrist, Radiologist, Surgeon, Thoracic and Cascular Surgeon, Urologist); Anatomic Profiles in Medicine (Bowels, Brain, Endocrine System, Heart, Liver, Lungs, Kidneys, Spleen, Stomach); Disease and Patient Profiles (The Alcoholic, An Allergic Reaction, Anatomic Serendipity, Aspirin Sensitivity, Babe in the Woods; The Beginning, Belching, Bite of the Bumble Bee, Body Signals, A Chest Surgeon's Day Off Adventure, The Common Cold, The Common Itch, Consultation, Dandruff, A Day in the Office, Commercial T.V. Medicine, The Diabetic, Don't Heal Thyself Physician, Drug Hazards, Earache, Fire Baby, The Flu, Hay Fever, Headache, Heart Transplant, Hemorrhoids, The Health Care Quandary and 30 more). A collection of poetry about the medical profession by William Harrison Lipman, M.D. (1901-1990), who got his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1926, with an internship and residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago. He married Pearl Levin in 1928 and began his medical career in Kenosha, Wisconsin, just as the Great Depression began. A half century later, he was recognized by the American College of Allergists for a lifetime of achievement and service as an allergist, teacher and writer in the fields of allergy and respiratory illness.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SP13-0652-15099

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Medical Poems: A Distinctly Unique Collection of Medical Remembrances in Verse
• Verlag: Book House, Inc.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1981
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Good