A HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Douglas Guthrie M.D. F.R.C.S
Verkäufer Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 11. Januar 2000
Verkäufer Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 11. Januar 2000
Beschreibung
Illustrated with seventy two sepia plates. ***Very good in dark red boards with gilt titles to spine. Red map-illustrated front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns showing: 'Cultural and Medicals Centres of Historic Interest.' Top edge of text-block stained dark red (as called for). Bottom corner of front board bumped. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Head of spine faded. No inscriptions. Pages clean. ***In a very good buff-coloured plain dustwrapper, with red titles to spine and front panel of dustwrapper. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 30/- net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss and rubbing to corners of dustwrapper. Chip to head of spine of dustwrapper. Shallow loss to tail of spine of dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper browned. Two small closed tears to top edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Very small closed tear to bottom of rear panel of dustwrapper. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and marked (being matt buff bakcground0. ***226mm x 154mm. xvi-prelim-pages including contents plus 448 text-pages including appendix and index to rear. Contents: The Genesis of Medicine; The First Known Medical Men; Early Greek Medicine; Hippocratic Medicine; Alexandrian and Roman Medicine; Arabian Medicine: The School of Salerno; Medieval Medicine; Medicine of the XV and XVI Centuries, Reformers and Revolutionaries; Physicians of the Renaissance; William Harvey and his Times; XVII-Century Medicine; Science and Superstition: The Quest for a new Basis; XVIII-Century Medicine; The Dawn of Scientific Medicine in the XIX-Century; Early XIX-Century surgery; Lister and his Disciples; Military and Naval surgery. Conquest of Tropical Disease; The Rise of Specialism and of Preventative Medicine; Journalism, Bibliography and Medical History; Appendix: A Classified Bibliography of Medical History; General Index.; ***'Discoveries have been so numerous in recent years that there is a tendency to neglect the philosophic aspect of a subject such as medicine, and to concentrate upon technical details rather than upon wider issues. Nevertheless the value of the historical viewpoint is recognised by many leading medical men, and there appears to be some demand for a comprehensive account of the development and progress of medicine from early times, such as may be found in this volume.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its dustwrapper, a detailed history of medicine, of interest to medical historians. Uncommon to find in its original dustwrapper in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6385
Bibliografische Details
Titel: A HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Verlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1945
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
Auflage: First Edition
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