A History of Medicine.
by GUTHRIE, Douglas
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott, 1946., 1946. 8vo. xvi, 448 pp. 72 plates, index. Maroon blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket; spine ends a bit worn, corner bumped throughout, jacket is very worn (a remnant) - however the jacket is also quite rare. Book is very good, in a poor jacket. Ownership rubber-stamp of Irma H. Seijo. PROVENANCE: Irma H. Seijo [Jarcho] (1918-19xx), married Dr. Saul Jarcho, graduated from Harvard's School of Public Health, was a bacteriologist and science educator. She worked in the Venereal Disease Research Unit, New York Department of Health, New York City (1938 to 1944). Seijo was among the first women students at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. REFERENCES: Garrison and Morton 6439. See: Heather Mumford, "Irma Jarcho."
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M14489
- Title
- A History of Medicine.
- Author
- GUTHRIE, Douglas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott, 1946.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia:
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Occupational Medicine
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