Ormsby Oliver (95 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Short Account of the Family of Ormsby of Pittsburgh. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. A Short Account of the Family of Ormsby of Pittsburgh. Book.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PF. Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, ex-hosital library with usual stamps and stickers. Some overall shelf and edgewear, binding a little shaken but still quite sturdy. 1288 pages with index. Profusely illustrated.THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BOOK and NOT a poor quality scanned reprint. Oliver S. Ormsby was a distinguished American dermatologist and medical educator who established himself as one of the leading figures in American dermatology during the early to mid twentieth century, contributing both to the clinical practice and to the academic and educational development of the specialty through his teaching, his institutional affiliations, and his published scholarship. His work at a major American medical institution gave him access to a substantial and varied clinical experience that underpinned the practical authority of his published writing on skin diseases, and his commitment to medical education informed the pedagogical approach he brought to his major written works. Clark Wylie Finnerud was a dermatologist who contributed to the revision and updating of the work, bringing his own clinical expertise and scholarly knowledge to bear on the task of keeping the text current with developing medical knowledge and practice, particularly in the area of histopathology which received specific attention in the revised edition bearing both authors' names. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin is a substantial medical reference work intended for use by both students learning dermatology and practicing physicians requiring a comprehensive and authoritative clinical reference on the diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions. The practical orientation signaled by the title reflects the authors' primary commitment to clinical usefulness, aiming to produce a work that would serve the working needs of the medical practitioner rather than pursuing purely theoretical or research oriented concerns at the expense of direct clinical applicability. The scope of the work encompasses the full range of dermatological conditions encountered in clinical practice, addressing their clinical presentation, diagnosis, histopathological characteristics, and available treatments within a systematic framework that allows the reader to locate and use the relevant information efficiently. The inclusion of histopathology as a specific focus of revision reflects the growing importance of microscopic tissue examination as a diagnostic tool in dermatology during the period when the work was being produced and updated, as advances in pathological techniques increasingly allowed clinicians to ground their diagnoses in objective microscopic evidence alongside the clinical observation of surface appearances that had traditionally been the primary basis of dermatological diagnosis. The textbook format and the explicit identification of students and practitioners as the intended audience signals a work designed to serve the full spectrum of medical readers engaged with dermatology, from those encountering the specialty for the first time in their medical education through to experienced clinicians seeking a comprehensive reference to consult in the management of complex or unfamiliar cases. Achieving this breadth of utility required a careful balance between the systematic foundational coverage appropriate to student use and the comprehensive clinical detail required by the practicing specialist, a balance that the most successful medical textbooks of this type managed through careful organization and clarity of presentation. The work represents a contribution to the tradition of comprehensive American dermatological scholarship that developed strongly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as dermatology established itself as a recognized medical specialty with its own distinct body of knowledge, clinical methods, and educational requirements, and as American medicine more broadly invested heavily in the production of authoritative domestic medical textbooks.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.