Management of the Cocoanut Grove Burns at the Massachusetts General Hospital by the Following Members of the Staff . . . and Their Staff Associates. SIGNED BY BRADFORD CANNON AND BY FRANCIS D. MOORE.

[CANNON, Bradford] [MOORE, Francis D.]

Verlag: Philadelphia, etc.: J. B. Lippincott, [1943].

vii, and 2 unnumbered, preliminary leaves on yellow paper ("Prologue" by Edward D. Churchill), 171 pp; 49 subjects in color on 8 plates (this is in a "color section" of unnumbered leaves in between p. 104 and p. 105) and 64 illustrations in black and white; folding chart after p. 54. Original red cloth. Top & bottom of spine lightly frayed. Corners of a few pages creased. Xlib: White paper label on spine (covered with clear tape extending on to covers); ink stamp of "McLean Hospital Medical Library" on front pastedown, front flyleaf, first leaf of "Prologue", and on p. 49; "McLean Hospital" ink stamp on each fore edge and on rear pastedown; "due date" slip on rear flyleaf (this copy was checked out 5 times from October 12, 1943-December 16, 1946) and pouch on rear pastedown. Aside from the library markings, a Very Good copy. First Edition in book form. Reprinted from Annals of Surgery, June, 1943, Vol. 117, no. 6. Members of the Staff listed on the title page are Joseph C. Aub, Henry K. Beecher, Bradford Cannon, Stanley Cobb, Oliver Cope, N. W. Faxon, Champ Lyons, Tracy Mallory, Richard Schatzi. The "Prologue " by Edward D. Churchill does not appear in the Annals of Surgery journal issue. SIGNED BY BRADFORD CANNON AND BY FRANCIS D. MOORE. Cannon's article is "Procedures in Rehabilitation of the Severely Burned" (pp. 103-110). Cannon has inscribed: "To recall a delightful afternoon/ Bradford Cannon" ("3/17/98" written in ink, possibly by the recipient). Moore's article is "A Note on the Thrombophlebitis Encountered" (pp. 131-136). Moore has inscribed: "For Tom Harskal/ Francis Moore/ 2.26.97". Moore was a surgical resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital in November 1942. In his autobiography, A Miracle and a Privilege. Recounting a Half-Century of Surgical Advance (1995), he recounts his hospital experiences in the aftermath of the fire (pp. 59-65 and 373-375). Fifty years after the fire, Moore, Cannon, and two others contributed their recollections in the paper "The Night the Grove Burned", published in the Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17012

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Titel: Management of the Cocoanut Grove Burns at ...
Verlag: Philadelphia, etc.: J. B. Lippincott, [1943].
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Signiert: Signed by Author(s)