Focal Infection. The Lane Medical Lectures 1915 Stanford University Medical School
Language: English
Published by D. Appleton And Company, New York, 1917
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Xii, 166 Pp. Early Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt Lettering And Top Edge Gilt. Copyright 1916, This Book With 1917 On Title Page. Gilt Bright, Covers Clean, Touch Of Wear At Corners, Faint Tiny Damp Spots On Fore Edges Of Page Block. In The Original Cream Dj, No Printing, Worn And Lightly Soiled, 1 1/2" Tear At Top Front Spine Edge, A Few Tiny Losses. Dr. Frank Billings (1854–1932) Was “One Of The Most Conspicuous Figures In American Medicine,” Remembered For Developing The Doctrine Of Focal Infection From Bacteria Of The Streptococcus Pneumococcus Group Via The Teeth, Tonsils, And Other Portals. After Graduating From The Chicago Medical School In 1881 And Practicing In Chicago For A Few Years, He Went To Vienna In 1885 To Broaden His Medical Knowledge, Studying Clinical Medicine Under Hermann Nothnagel And Attending Lectures In London And Paris, Notably Those Of Jean Charcot.4 After Fifteen Months He Returned To Chicago To Teach At Northwestern University And Later At Rush Medical College. He Established The John Mccormick Institute For Infectious Diseases And Became President Of The American Medical Association. In 1915 Harvard University Awarded Him An Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Science.4 He Was Also Awarded Degrees In 1924 By The University Of Wisconsin, In 1926 By Northwestern University, And Again In 1927 By The University Of Chicago. He Was The Chairman Of The American Red Cross Commission To Russia And A Colonel In The Medical Corps In The First World War.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Focal Infection. The Lane Medical Lectures 1915 Stanford University Medical School
- Author
- Billings, Frank
- Publisher
- D. Appleton And Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1917
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Plates
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Medicine, Surgery, Physiology and Health
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