Verlag: D. Appleton-Century, 1936., New York:, 1936
Anbieter: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Neuchatel, NEUCH, Schweiz
Small 8vo. vi, [2], 216, [2] pp. Red gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket; extremities worn. Very good. Pool, as President of the New York Academy of Medicine, edited the text of the seven lectures delivered by seven academy members to the public. CONTENTS: How we learned about the human body, by B.P. Watson; â" Medicine in the days of the Grand Monarch, by H.W. Haggard; â" The contributions of the primitive American to medicine, by Harlow Brooks; â" The common denominator of disease, by George Draper; â" The organic background of mind, by Foster Kennedy; â" The story of the vitamins, by E.V. McCollum; â" The mystery of death, by Alexis Carrel.