Introduction by Eugene H Pool M D (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover has minor marks. "Lectures to the laity delivered at the New York Academy of Medicine" by leading medical authorities (Howard Haggard, Alexis Carrel, George Draper, more). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good++ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1936. NOT a library discard. Good++ condition. Would be Very Good but for a shallow scratch on the cover, and a small piece torn from the upper corner of the front free endpaper. NO fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. Illustrated with a few diagrams. Subtitle: "Lectures to the Laity delivered at the New York Academy of Medicine." Contains an introduction by Eugene H. Pool, and 7 lectures: 1) How we learned about the human body; 2) Medicine in the days of the Grand Monarch; 3) The contributions of the primitive American to medicine; 4) The common denominator of medicine; 5) The organic background of mind; 6) The story of vitamins, and 7) The mystery of death. Bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Good++ condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. vii, 217pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.