An Alabama student : and other biographical essays
by Osler, William Sir (1849-1919)
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London : Oxford University Press, 1929. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Edition; 2nd impression. Physical description; 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Added title page engraving with tissue guard. ""First edition 1908."" Contents; An Alabama student [John Y. Bassett, reprinted from the Johns Hopkins hospital bulletin, no. 58, Jan., 1896] --Thomas Dover, physician and buccaneer. [Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins hospital bulletin, no. 58, Jan., 1896] --John Keats, the apothecary poet. [Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins hospital bulletin, no. 58, Jan., 1896] --Oliver Wendell Holmes. --John Locke as a physician. [Reprinted from the Lancet, Oct. 20, 1900] --Elisha Bartlett, a Rhode Island philosopher. [Reprinted from the Transactions of the Rhode Island medical society] --A backwood physiologist [William Beaumont] --The influence of Louis on American medicine. [Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins hospital bulletin, no. 77-78, August-September, 1897] --William Pepper. --Alfred Still�. [Reprinted from the University of Pennsylvania medical bulletin, June, 1902. --Sir Thomas Browne. [Reprinted from the Library, Jan, 1906] --Fracastorius. [Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Charaka club, vol. II] --Harvey and his discovery. [Harveian oration delivered at the Royal college of physicians, London, Oct. 18, 1906]. Subjects; Medicine. Physicians. Physicians - United States. Genres; Biography. Illustrated.
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- Title
- An Alabama student : and other biographical essays
- Author
- Osler, William Sir (1849-1919)
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- Hardcover
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- Edition
- Second Edition
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- London : Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1929
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