Brownell gordon lee (1 risultati)

, Stanbury, John B. / Brownell, Gordon Lee / Perinetti, Hector / Riggs, Douglas S. Endemic goiter. The adaptation of man to iodine deficiency. Foreword by J. H. Means. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1954, xii, 209pp., dust-jacket chipped at top of spine and on rear panel, very good green cloth, light wear. nicely INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front endpaper over 6-lines to Dr. Means by John, Doug, and Gordon. Additional authors listed: Hecyor Perinetti, Juan Itoiz, Enrique B. Del Castillo - Harvard university monographs in medicine and public health, no. 12. A report of the Andean Goiter Expedition in Mendoza, Argentina, in the summer of 1951. MATERIAL LAID IN: two typed reviews (unsigned) are taped to the front endpaper; a newspaper clipping of the death notice for Bernardo Houssay, Sept. 22, 1971 (Nobel Prize for his work on the pituitary gland); original letter of recommendation from Enrique B. del Castillo to Dr. Means introducing Dr. Hector Perinetti (at the bottom hand-written : "This started it all! Means" (glued to back of front endpaper); taped across from title page: postcard from John showing a woman with goiter and sending it to Dr. Means for his collection.…