The Roentgen Rays in Medicine and Surgery as an Aid in Diagnosis and as a Therapeutic Agent Designed for the use of Practitioners and Students
by Francis H. Williams
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- Hardcover
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A scarce illustrated second edition of this educational work on Roentgen Rays in medicine. Second edition. Scarce work. Highly illustrated throughout. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-Rays, an achievement that won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. This work explores the early uses of these rays in diagnosis, treatment and surgery. Written by Francis Henry Williams, M.D., an American physician and radiologist. Library copy. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with light shelf wear to the extremities and rubbing to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Library stamp to title page. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843T12
- Title
- The Roentgen Rays in Medicine and Surgery as an Aid in Diagnosis and as a Therapeutic Agent Designed for the use of Practitioners and Students
- Author
- Francis H. Williams
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Medicine Williams Roentgen X-Ray Williams
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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