The Journal of Edward Robinson Squibb (2 vols). [Association Copy]

unknown: Privately Printed, 1930 Hard Cover. 8vo. pp xi 1-366; 367-667.. In three-quarter leather binding with five raised bands to spine and gold lettering. ** Journal of Navy ship's doctor and pharmaceutical entrepreneur, Edward Robinson Squibb. ** Condition: Near Fine, with rubbing to corners of covers, and light marks on boards. Tissue guard to frontispiece on volume 1 browned and detached from binding. ** Inscribed in volume 1: "Given to Ruth and Roger Pierce in memory of Mrs John C Munro, June 1950". ** Edward Robinson Squibb (1819 - 1900) was a doctor who founded E. R. Squibb and Sons, now part of the modern pharmaceutical company, Bristol Myers Squibb. As a ship's doctor, he was disappointed with the quality of medicines available, and so pursued research into their manufacture, inventing a method of distilling ether (an anesthetic). After he left the navy, he founded his own pharmaceutical company, E. R. Squibb and Sons, with his two sons, Dr. Edward H. Squibb and Charles F. Squibb. They advocated with the authorities for the purity of pharmaceuticals, and were a major supplier of medical kits to the Union Army during the American Civil War, kitting them out with morphine, surgical anesthetics, and quinine. ** These journals were published by Squibb's daughter, Mary King Squibb (1865-1950), who was married Dr. John Cummings "J.C." Munro (1858-1910). Contains accounts of his travels in the Navy, as well as his later life as a pharmaceutical pioneer. OCLC 29170219.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.