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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 211 pages with several pages of medical ads in rear of book. pages tight; no markings; minor page wear; slight yellowing; vivid blue end pages; Soft blue covers with silver and black lettering and illustration of medical building on front; some rubbing and fading; cover edges slightly worn and creased; some smudges and discoloration spots; Contains: list of Chairmen and members of Regional Committees; Table of Contents; foreword; Physician's Prayer; and numerous articles by professors of various medical schools. Topics include: Death Instinct; History of Urinalysis; Anatomy of the Nervous System; Medical Germany in Liberal Days; Jewish Physicians of the 16h century; Tissues on Immunity; Research as a Career in Medicine; Genius of the Jew in Psychiatry; Story of the Histadruth; Itinerant Physician; Portraiats of Medical Men and Their Significance; Hebrew University and its Medical Department; Effect of the Follicular Hormone on the Anterior Hypophyseal Lobe; Health Problems of Palestine; Realities and Fallacies of Eugenics, etc. VERY RARE COPY.…

paperback. Condition: New. New Condition, Paperback book.

Heavy Cardboard. Condition: Collectible- very good. No Jacket. Fairly clean copy with clean pages but cover soiled Cover is Heavy Cardboard with tears to edges and bottom of spine Tight and sound No inside markings or underlinings.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, rebound in blue library cloth with gold lettering and minor surface wear at the base of the spine, 198, 196, 230 pp., b/w photos Foreword by the Editorial Board. Articles in the 1937 issue are "Physicians' Prayer," Maimonides, "An Appreciation," Albert Einstein, "Abraham Jacobi," Isaac A. Abt, "The First World Congress of Jewish Physicians," M. Benayahu, "The Death Instinct in Relation to Normal and Abnormal Life," A.A. Brill, "The History of Urinalysis," Logan Clendening, "Hormones of the Anerior Pituitary," James B. Collip, "The Anatomy of the Nervous System in Early Medical Books and Its Historical Significance," Charles A. Elsberg, "Two Jewish Physicians of the Sixteenth Century," Harry Friedenwald, "Backaches Due to Affections of the Digestive Tract," Julius Friedenwald, "Distribution of the Blood Groups Among Jews," S.M. Goldhamer, "Medical Germany in Liberal Days," I.W. Held, "Hematology in the Bible and Talmud," Raphael Isaacs, "The Tissues in Immunity," Reuben L. Kahn, "Advances in Radiation Therapy During the Past Quarter Century," Ira I. Kaplan, "Research as a Career in Medicine," John A. Kolmer, "The Survival of the Unfit," Samuel J. Kopetzky, "Heart Disease and Its Complications Resembling Surgical Conditions," Samuel A. Levine, "Jewish Physicians of the Middle Ages," Abraham Levinson, "The Medical Department of the Hebrew University," Maurice Lewison, "The Medicinal Applications of Serpents and Their Venom," David I. Macht, "The Atmosphere of Books," William J. Mayo, "The Genius of the Jews in Psychiatry," Karl A. Menninger, "Health Problems of Palestine," Joseph Meyer, "The Realities and Fallacies of Eugenics," Abraham Myerson, "Endocrinology as Related to Gynecology," Emil Novak, "Half a Century of Jewish Medical Activities in new York City," A.J. Rongy, "The Palestine Workmen's Sick Fund: Kupat Holim," Jacob Seide, "The Story of the Histadruth," Herman Seidel, "Of the Itinerant Physician," Solomon Solis-Cohen, "Portraits of Medical Men and Their Significance," Robert Sonneschein, "The Hebrew University and Its Medical Department," Israel S. Wechsler, "The Effect of the Follocular Hormone on the Anterior Hypophyseal Lobe," Bernhard Zondek.Articles in the 1939 issue are "Relapsing Fever in Palestine," S. Adler and Rivkah Ashbel, "Professor Jacob Erdheim," Aaron Arkin, "Cancer Among Jews," Israel Davidson, "Ancient Jewish Eugenics," William Feldman, "The Problem of Tuberculosis in Palestine," A. Freund, "The Evil Eye (Ayin Hara-ah)," Harry Friedenwald, "The Problem of the Medical Refugee in the United States," I.W. Held and Nathan Ratnoff, "Pediatrics in Palestine," Walter jonas, "Two Great American Physicians," Solomon R. Kagan, "Kupat-Holim (Sick Fund)," I. Kanevsky, "Typhus, Typhoid and Paratyphoid in Palestine," Alfred Klopstock, "Jewish Medical Students in America," Lee J. Levinger, "Maimonides the Physician," Abraham Levinson, "The Straus Health Center in Jerusalem," A.J. Levy, "Clinical Value of 'Vegetable Guinea Pigs,'" David I. Macht, "The Psychopathology of Nazism," Hershel Meyer, "Jewish Physicians Under the Reign of the Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt," Max Meyerhof, "Early American Jewish Physicians," Hyman Morrison, "Jewish Physicians at the Beginning of Modern Times," Max Neuberger, "Dental Folklore Among Jews," James H. Olshan, "Anti-Malaria Activity in Palestine," Z. Saliternik, "Autopsies Among Jews," Otto Saphir, "A Poem Decicated to Dr. Elias Henschel," Harry A. Savitz, "Medical Literature in Palestine," M. Shechter, "Professor Adam Politzer," Robert Sonneschein, "Jewish Criminals," Max H. Weinberg, "Jewish Health Work During the Last 20 Years," L. Wulman. Articles in Vol. III, No.1 are Introduction by Hershel Meyer. Articles are "Contemporary Medicine and Jewish Physicians," Herman Zondek, "Sigmund Freud, the Man," Franz Alexander, "Reflections, Reminscences of Sigmund Freud," A.A. Brill, "Jews in Modern Medicine," I. Fischer, "Jewish Physicians in the Zionist Movement," Harry A. Savitz, "Th.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Valerie Grosvenor Myer's copy of this book which she has signed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. The book has also been signed by an astonishing additional 33 out of over 50 contributors: Holloway, Waller, Target, Evans, Gohorry, Meadowcroft, Harpley, Williams, Watson, Robinson, Evans, Abbott, Burns, Overhill, Jondorf, Booth, Avison, Cann, Cavaliero, Pollentine, Davies, Holbrook, Barker, Scott, Kramer, Edwards, Anderson, Beck, Worman, Juby, Meadows, Wilson and McMahon as well as on the rear free endpaper by children's author Althea Braithwaite who doesn't have a piece in the book. Bumping to the corners of the boards. Light browning to the edges of the pages. Browning to the endpapers but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a little light chipping at the base of the spine and some light surface and edge wear. First printing. Signed by Author(s).…