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678; 633; 654 pages; Contents clean and secure in original dark green cloth bindings with gilt lettering. This is Copy #100 of the limited first edition. OCLC 645158528 xxxiv, 678; vi, 633; vii, 654 pp. Volume 1. Pathology. Preventive Medicine. Volume 2. Bacteriology. Volume 3. Medical Education. Medical History and Miscellaneous. Vivisection. Bibliography. Index. Frontispiece steel engraved portrait of Welch with tissue guard in each volume. William Henry Welch was an American physician, bacteriologist, pathologist, and medical-school administrator. He was one of the four founding professors of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,and the first Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Welch also became the founder of the first school of public health in the country -- Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. The Johns Hopkins medical school library is also named after Welch. In his lifetime, he was called the "Dean of American Medicine" and received various awards and honors throughout his lifetime and posthumously. Welch's research was principally in bacteriology, and he is the discoverer of the organism that causes gas gangrene. It was named Clostridium welchii in recognition of that fact. From 1901 to 1933, he was founding president of the Board of Scientific Directors at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. He was an instrumental reformer of medical education in the United States, as well as a president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1913 1917. He also was president of the American Medical Association, the Association of American Physicians, the History of Science Society, the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Society of American Bacteriologists, and the Maryland State Board of Health. Welch was a founding editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Very heavy three volume set; extra fees for shipping. William Henry Welch was an American physician, bacteriologist, pathologist, and medical-school administrator. He was one of the four founding professors of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,and the first Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Welch also became the founder of the first school of public health in the country -- Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. The Johns Hopkins medical school library is also named after Welch. In his lifetime, he was called the "Dean of American Medicine" and received various awards and honors throughout his lifetime and posthumously. Welch's research was principally in bacteriology, and he is the discoverer of the organism that causes gas gangrene. It was named Clostridium welchii in recognition of that fact. From 1901 to 1933, he was founding president of the Board of Scientific Directors at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. He was an instrumental reformer of medical education in the United States, as well as a president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1913 1917. He also was president of the American Medical Association, the Association of American Physicians, the History of Science Society, the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Society of American Bacteriologists, and the Maryland State Board of Health. Welch was a founding editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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