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HARVEY CUSHING A Biography
by FULTON, John F
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Springfield: C.C.Thomas, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. photos. Thick octavo, xii, 754 pages, grey cloth, top edge stained yellow
Cushing was a top neurologist, and the biographer of William OSLER. Fulton was also a top neurologist and Cushing's protogee. Fulton quotes from Cushing's diaries, sketches and correspondence, etc. Included also here are his correspondence with Sir William Osler, Walter Reed, William H. Welch, Alexis Carrel, William Howard Taft, FDR, Pavlov, William Halstead, the Mayo Brothers, the Flexners. Coverage of his thousands of brain surgeries, his medical training domestically and internationally. Also details about collecting rare books - especially medical - for his important private collection. Many photos.
Cushing was a top neurologist, and the biographer of William OSLER. Fulton was also a top neurologist and Cushing's protogee. Fulton quotes from Cushing's diaries, sketches and correspondence, etc. Included also here are his correspondence with Sir William Osler, Walter Reed, William H. Welch, Alexis Carrel, William Howard Taft, FDR, Pavlov, William Halstead, the Mayo Brothers, the Flexners. Coverage of his thousands of brain surgeries, his medical training domestically and internationally. Also details about collecting rare books - especially medical - for his important private collection. Many photos.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20220556
- Title
- HARVEY CUSHING A Biography
- Author
- FULTON, John F
- Illustrator
- photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C.C.Thomas
- Place of Publication
- Springfield
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- neurologist neurosurgeon harvey cushing john f. fulton william osler bibliomania book collecting franklin delano roosevelt
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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