A Classification of the Tumors of the Glioma group on a Histo-Genetic Basis with a correlated Study of Prognosis.

CUSHING, Harvey & BAILEY, Percival

Published by J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, London and Montreal, 1926

8vo (230 x 152 mm). [6], 175 [1] pp., numerous text illustrations. Original publishers red cloth, spine gilt lettered (a trifle rubbing of extremities). Text clean and bright throughout. Provenance: A. Ward (bookplate to front pastedown). ---- FIRST EDITION of the first classification of gliomatous tumors of the central nervous system. "This monograph is significant in the history of neurology since it represents the first serious attempt to classify gliomatous tumors of the central nervous system on a histological basis correlated with the life history of each type of growth. The analysis herein offered has become the basis of most subsequent classifications of tumors of the glioma group" (Cushing). Bibliography: Cushing, Bibliography 8; Garrison-Morton 4608; Heirs of Hippocrates 2331; Fulton. Harvey Cushing. p. 521; not in Norman. - Visit our website to see more images!. Seller Inventory # 003893

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Classification of the Tumors of the Glioma...
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, London and Montreal
Publication Date: 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition