Philip Hench (6 results)
Published by Chatto and Windus, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy inscribed by Nobel prize winning physician, Philip Hench, in 1950. Back board is cracked across rear paste down. Edge wear to jacket.
Published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, 1956
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.M & M Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED, dated and inscribed by author F.E.P.; presentation copy; tight binding; no noticed markings in text; some external wear to dust jacket, but intact. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Macmillan, 1926
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This copy has the card of Nobel laureate Philip Showalter Hench attached. It is inscribed thus: "To mama who taught me what to believe". The card is not signed but it has the doctor's printed name. Hench was one of the discoverers of cortisone.
Effects of Cortisone Acetate and Pituitary ACTH on Rheumatoid Athritis, Rheumatic Fever and Certain Other Conditions
Hench, Philip; Kendall, Edward; Slocum, Charles and Polley, Howard
Published by American Medical Association, 1950
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Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hench and Kendall were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of the hormone cortisone, and its application for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Reprinted from the Archives of Internal Medicine. Couple short tears to edges of cover and wear to spine e…nds.
Published by Williams & Wilkins Company, NP, 1940
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- First Edition
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Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerRare offprint from The Modern Medical Therapy in General Practice, inscribed by Nobel Prize winning physician Philip Hench, "To Jerry with affection - Phil." The recipient, Gerald Rodnan, was a lifelong doctor and professor at University of Pittsburgh Medical School, appointed chief of the newly formed Department of Rheumatology… and Clinical Immunology in 1956 and president of the American Rheumatology Association 1975-76. Octavo, original wrappers. Philip Hench received the Nobel Prize in 1950 for the discovery of cortisone and its application to rheumatoid arthritis. An exceptional association between two physicians both involved in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. There are no other examples of the offprint in institutions according to OCLC. In very good condition, with Rodnan few marginalia marks to a few pages. Rare and desirable, especially inscribed.
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.Colophon Book Shop, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDr Hench spent several months in Europe studying and observing. These typed letters, signed, are dated mid-October 1928. Six letters of introduction from Leonard George Rowntree (18831959) a Canadian physician and medical researcher who was credited with founding the research tradition at the Mayo Clinic.[1] He is most well know…n for pioneering kidney research including the Rowntree test for kidney function; dialysis; the intravenous pyelogram and plasmapheresis. Rowntree was awarded the Medal for Merit in 1946. Five letters of introduction from Louis Blanchard Wilson (December 22, 1866 October 5, 1943) an American pathologist and the chief of pathology at Mayo Clinic from 1905 to 1937. Wilson is most famous for initiating the routine use of the frozen section procedure for rapid intraoperative diagnosis. One letter of introduction from Daniel P. O'Brien of The Rockefeller Foundation.
