Sedgwick 1855 1921 (3 Ergebnisse)

8vo. xxi, [1] 512 pp. Illustrations, index. Original gilt-stamped red cloth; extremities faded, small paper label affixed to spine. Embossed stamp of Carnegie Institution [HALE]. Very good copy. REVISED EDITION. William Thompson Sedgwick was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He taught biology at MIT. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations during his lifetime, including president of the American Public Health Association in 1915. He was one of three founders of the joint MIT-Harvard School of Public Health in 1913. That being said, he was against women's suffrage and was steadfastly against equality of the sexes, stating, ". . . would mean a degeneration and degradation of human fibre which would turn back the hands of time a thousand years." â" MacAdam, George. "Feminist Revolutionary Principle is Biological Bosh." The New York Times. January 18, 1914.…

Early Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 474 pages: illustrations (including maps), plates, portraits, double map, diagrams; 23 cm. Notes: This book is the outgrowth of a lecture course given by the authors for several years to undergraduate classes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Subject: Science History. History. Lecture course material. 20th century texts- history and science. 1 Kg.…

Early Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 474 pages: illustrations (including maps), plates, portraits, double map, diagrams; 23 cm. Notes: This book is the outgrowth of a lecture course given by the authors for several years to undergraduate classes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Subject: Science History. History. Lecture course material. 20th century texts- history and science. 1 Kg.…