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xxxiii, 1 leaf [half title], 757 pp, 1 leaf [publisher's ads]; 428 text figures. Original cloth. Top & bottom of spine, and joints, rubbed. Large tear in cloth in upper part of spine, slightly affecting gilt spine lettering. Stains on rear cover. Corners of covers worn. Good. Third, and final, edition ("with additions, March 1903"). The "Enlarged Appendix" mentioned in the title is pp. 635-734. Garrison-Morton 2687.3 (citing the 1st ed., 1901): "Because of rapid developments in this field Williams put this book through three editions, in 1901, 1902, and 1903." OFFERED WITH: TYPED LETTER, SIGNED, FROM FRANCIS H. WILLIAMS TO MERRILL C. SOSMAN (June 18, 1927). The letter is tipped to the front pastedown. Letterhead: Dr. Francis H. Williams 505 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. "Dear Dr. Sosman; Please my thanks to the New England Roentgen Ray Society for their courtesy in electing me an honorary member of their body. I shall be glad to accept this membership. Sincerely yours, Francis H. Williams (signed)." The ink name/address stamp of Merrill C. Sosman of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital is on the front pastedown and top part of this letter. About Merrill Sosman (quoting from the archives at Harvard University): Sosman "earned an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . . . in 1917. After graduating from medical school, Sosman became a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps and was a resident physician at the United States Soldiers' Home Hospital in Washington, D.C. At this time, the Surgeon General of the United States decided that Sosman should focus his work on the field of roentgenology . . . and in 1919 he was assigned to Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C. as a roentgenologist. In 1921, he moved to Boston to train under roentgenologist George W. Holmes . . . at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. However, in 1922, Harvey Cushing . . ., Surgeon-in-Chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, recruited Sosman to become Roentgenologist-in-Chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, a position Sosman held until his retirement in 1956. . . . At Harvard Medical School, Simon served as Assistant in Roentgenology, 1922 to 1923; Instructor in Roentgenology, 1923 to 1924; Assistant Professor of Roentgenology, 1928 to 1940; Clinical Professor, 1940 to 1944; and Clinical Professor of Radiology in 1948, becoming Emeritus in 1956. During the course of his career, Sosman authored over eighty papers in scientific journals on the diagnosis and treatment of disease or tumors by x-ray and was an active member of many professional organizations. He was Chairman of the Section of Radiology for the American Medical Association from 1938 to 1939, and President of the New England Roentgen Ray Society, the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the Harvey Cushing Society. He was also a member of the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology. Sosman lectured extensively nationally and internationally and was named the Caldwell Lecturer of the American Roentgen Ray Society in 1947 and the Carman Lecturer of the Radiological Society of North America in 1948.". Seller Inventory # 17099
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