Famous Illnesses in History
by Stevenson, R. Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1962, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 239pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering to the spine. Illustrations, references. A previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. "What did Napoleon really die of? Why did such secrecy attend the operation on President Cleveland in 1893?....In the course of fifteen carefully researched and graphically written case histories the author shows the true course that each illness took, stressing the problems of diagnosis and the details of treatment, and including some post-mortem examinations". Book about Robert Burns, George Gordon Byron, Lord, Charles II--King of England, Grover Cleveland, Charles Darwin, Edward VII--King of England, Frederick--Emperor, George III--King of England, H.M.S. King George V, Napoleon I--Emperor of France, Queen Anne, Theodore Roosevelt & George Washington. (Medicine, Health, History, Illness, Medical Care, Medicine, World Leaders).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154745
- Title
- Famous Illnesses in History
- Author
- Stevenson, R. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Medicine, Health, History, Illness, Medical Care, Medicine, World Leaders
- Bookseller catalogs
- Health and Medicine;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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