Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. This is Volume II of a three volume set, this one is focused on Medical applications of radioactive isotopes. Covers the thyroid gland and radioactive iodine, the use of I 131, traetment of polycythemia, the leukemias, etc. iron metabolism, hematology, body water and electrolytes, liver function studies, and much more. 49 illustrations. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf. Book.
Published by Grune & Stratton, NY & London, 1962
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Rare copy of this work on radioisotope use in cardiovascular disease. Discusses the use of radioisotopes in clinical studies of the central circulation (E. Braunwald, A. G. Morrow and R. Folse); blood volume and heart disease (S. S. Schreiber and M. A. Rothschild); determination of cardiac output by means of radioisotope dilution technic (G. Glick, B. F. Schreiner Jr.; M. N. Luria and P. N. Yu); selective quantitative radiocardiography (L. Donato); coronary artery blood flow (G. Sevelius); some factors influencing interpretation of studies of body water and electrolytes with isotopic tracers (S. A. Threefoot); the treatment of euthyroid cardiac patients with radioiodine and antithyroid drugs (H. L. Friedell, E. L. Schoeniger and J. P. Storaasli); and the treatment of thyrocardiac disease with radioactive iodine (S. Silver, C. Delit and M. Eller). Also includes a glossary of terms by S. Feitelberg and preface by Charles K. Friedberg. Illustrated. Minor wear. Book.