forchheimer frederick editor (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Pages tanned. Corners slightly worn otherwise GOOD. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK Requires additional shipping due to size, weight, or multiple volumes.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Pages tanned. Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK Requires additional shipping due to size, weight, or multiple volumes.

Red Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DJ. 1st Edition. Xxvi, 874 Pp.Very Lightly Used, Green Cloth Bright, No Fading, Spine Gilt Brilliant, Tiny Foxing Spots On Foredge Of Text Block, Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks. Unusually Well Preserved For A Large Medical Book Of This Age. Per Wikipedia, Frederick Forchheimer (1853-1913) Was An American Pediatrician Known For Describing Forchheimer Spots. He Was Educated In Public Schools And The Medical College Of Ohio. He Graduated From The College Of Physicians And Surgeons In New York In 1873. He Became An Instructor At The Medical College Of Ohio In 1875, And Founded One Of The First Clinics For Children In The United States. He Became Professor Of Diseases Of Children, And Published Diseases Of The Mouth In Children In 1892 In Which He Described His Eponymous Sign. He Became President Of The Association Of American Physicians In 1911 And Was Given An Honorary Doctor Of Science Degree By Harvard University.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Pages tanned. Edge of front cover has slightly indentation that can be seen on the outer edges of the first twenty-five pages otherwise Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume IV of this work covers diseases of the kidney, bladder, male sexual organs, nervous system, and tropical diseases. 942 pages, illustrated. Interior is in very good condition; binding has minor edge wear, light soils, front inner hinge is cracked. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Volume 1 only, 795 pages, with index and references. An unusual collection of innovative therapies, including: "Vacine and Serum Therapy" (pages 125-183), by Francis Carter Wood (1869 ? 1951) who was an American cancer researcher, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and radium for treatment of cancer. This book is published the year the American Cancer Society was founded. Wood was called an "international authority on cancer and a pioneer in the use of X-rays and radium. He is credited with many basic discoveries in principles of radiation; "Organotherapeutics" (pages 66-119), by Reid Hunt a pioneer in American pharmacology. Curiously the term is mentioned nowhere in the biographical National Academy of Sciences monograph by E. K. Marshall, Jr., except in the bibliography of contributions to books. Hunt defines it as the ancient practice of the use of organ derived therapeutic substances, and addresses modern applications; "Toxicology" by Victor Vaughan, on the actions of mineral and vegetable poisons;"Hydrotherapy and Balneolgy" by William Maloney; "Massage" by Charles Taylor and "Mechanotherapy" by Charles Ricksher both with illustrations; "Electrotherapeutics" by William benham Snow; "Radium Therapy" by the pioneering Canadian radiologist, William H.B. Aikins; and "X-Ray Therapy" by Sidney Lange; and "The Principles of Medical Climatology" by Henry Sewell --- among other articles.