Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer

BF2 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Jane Clements Monday and Charles W. Monday, Jr., MDon the half-title page in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has moderate wrinkling, chipping, crease, and small tears on the edges especially on the top, soiled patches on the bottom of the front and spine, scattered scratches, rubbing, wrinkling and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, small tear on the bottom edge of the front gutter, some light stains on the page edges, light wrinkling on a few inside pages, some light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Kenneth L. Mattox, MD. Number Thirty-two Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, John W. Tunnell Jr., General Editor. The largest hospital system in South Texas bears his name, yet little is known of nineteenth-century medical pioneer Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn. In this illuminating biography, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick and Charles W. Monday, Jr., MD share the remarkable story of a trailblazing physician who, often operating on kitchen tables out of necessity, modernized the practice of medicine in South Texas. 9.5"x6.5", 341 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.