A Surgeon's Life: the Autobiography of J. M. T. Finney by Finney, J. M. T

G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good. Hardcover. 1163367583 . SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Frontispiece photo. 396 pages. Blue cloth boards, clean text, good binding, deckled sides. Name of previous owner inscribed Nov 1940, on back of front endpaper. John Miller Turpin Finney (1863-1942) was the first president of the American College of Surgeons. During World War I, he commanded the Johns-Hopkins Medical Unit, promoted to Brigadier General. Many years Dr Finney was a professor of surgery at Hopkins; he was also closely associated with Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore. Includes a separate cutout article with a photo of Dr Finney from "Who's Who in the Roland Park-Guilford District", undated; ; Signed by Author .