Robert U Massey Editor (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. History of medicine journal with articles on nervous consumption and anorexia nervosa, mothers and infants and nursing, the eugenic legislation in Georgia, patterns of disease in World War II prisoners of the Japanese; plus notes and book reviews. Journal.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. History of medicine journal with articles on the Rose Case reconsidered, Friedrich von Muller of Munich and clinical science, public health in practice, and social hygiene in Soviet medical education, plus notes and events and book reviews. Journal.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. History of medicine journal with articles on elephantiasis in early Polynesia, neonatal tetanus/slave infants/the southern medical profession, the origins of the science in Arrowsmith, Cotton Mather and inoculation; plus notes and book reviews. Journal.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. History of medicine journal with articles on Galen on "glands" and "spongy flesh", the secret properties of antimony potassium tartrate, disease/death/disorder on the American frontier, and allied cooperation in malaria prevention and control during World War II; plus notes and book reviews. Journal.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 210 pages. 8.97x6.05x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. [4], 153-275, [5] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Notes on Contributors. The cover has slight wear, soiling, and sunning/fading. Started in 1946, the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences is internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field. The journal's coverage is broad, publishing the latest original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. When possible and appropriate, it focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, received and interpreted their efforts. This quarterly peer-reviewed issue features historical research articles, scholarly notes, and comprehensive book reviews covering medical practice, historical health trends, and scientific developments. The contents include information on Erwin H. Ackerknecht, Thomas Rogers Forbes, Robert Burton, Psychological Healing, Medical Malpractice, War of 1813, Penicillin, Chemotherapeutic, and William Shippen. Robert Unruh Massey MD, was born in Detroit, MI on February 23, 1922. He attended the University of Michigan School of Medicine, and received a degree in Medicine in 1946 from Wayne State University College of Medicine. Dr. Massey completed his internship and residency and was an assistant physician at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. In 1950 he was a physician in the Department of Medicine at the Lovelace Clinic. He was Chairman of the Department of Medicine between 1958-1968. He was instrumental in the establishment of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and was a clinical associate at the school from 1962-1968. In 1959 Dr. Massey and The Lovelace Foundation, along with NASA and the Lovelace Clinic, developed and administered an extensive series of tests for the first Americans in space, the Mercury Astronauts. He was Chief of the Medical Service at Fort Myer, VA 1955-57 and left the military service in 1957 with the rank of Major in the Medical Corps, United States Army Reserve. In 1968 Dr. Massey became the third dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Connecticut and held the position from 1971- 1985. During his 14-year tenure as dean, the medical school received its first accreditation. An internist and endocrinologist, Dr. Massey was long interested in the broader issues of health care and was an articulate spokesman who also wrote prolifically on the science and practice of medicine and its implications for society. Dr. Massey was the editor of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences from 1987 - 1991. Dr. Massey was a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Presumed First Edition, First Printing this issue.…

Wraps. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. [4], 421-554, [6] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Note on Contributors. The cover has slight wear, soiling, and sunning/fading. Started in 1946, the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences is internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field. The journal's coverage is broad, publishing the latest original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. When possible and appropriate, it focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, received and interpreted their efforts. This quarterly peer-reviewed issue features historical research articles, scholarly notes, and comprehensive book reviews covering medical practice, historical health trends, and scientific developments. This quarterly issue contains peer-reviewed historical research, academic articles, book reviews, and the annual index for Volume 44. The key articles address Dorothy Schullian, Evarts Graham, WWI, Empyema Commission, American Expeditionary Forces, Jerusalem, Medicine, Health, Immigrants, Epidemiology, and Piliomyelitis. Robert Unruh Massey MD, was born in Detroit, MI on February 23, 1922. He attended the University of Michigan School of Medicine, and received a degree in Medicine in 1946 from Wayne State University College of Medicine. Dr. Massey completed his internship and residency and was an assistant physician at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. In 1950 he was a physician in the Department of Medicine at the Lovelace Clinic. He was Chairman of the Department of Medicine between 1958-1968. He was instrumental in the establishment of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and was a clinical associate at the school from 1962-1968. In 1959 Dr. Massey and The Lovelace Foundation, along with NASA and the Lovelace Clinic, developed and administered an extensive series of tests for the first Americans in space, the Mercury Astronauts. He was Chief of the Medical Service at Fort Myer, VA 1955-57 and left the military service in 1957 with the rank of Major in the Medical Corps, United States Army Reserve. In 1968 Dr. Massey became the third dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Connecticut and held the position from 1971- 1985. During his 14-year tenure as dean, the medical school received its first accreditation. An internist and endocrinologist, Dr. Massey was long interested in the broader issues of health care and was an articulate spokesman who also wrote prolifically on the science and practice of medicine and its implications for society. Dr. Massey was the editor of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences from 1987 - 1991. Dr. Massey was a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Presumed First Edition, First Printing this issue.…