Manchester University Medical School Gazette. Jefferson Number. Volume XXV, No. 2, 10 April 1946. SIGNED BY GEOFFREY JEFFERSON TO MRS. KESSEL

[JEFFERSON, Geoffrey]

Published by 1946.

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i-iv [ads], pp. [41]-97 (the portrait of Jefferson on an unnumbered leaf between p. 42 and p. 43 is present), vi-viii [ads]. Original wrappers. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY GEOFFREY JEFFERSON TO MRS. KESSEL: "For Mrs. Kessel from the victim/ of so much kindess initiated/ by Frank K./ Geoffrey Jefferson/ from her home 10 May 1946." Journal issue in honor of Geoffrey Jefferson on the occasion of his 60th birthday on April 10, 1946. The issue includes tributes to Jefferson from Wilder Penfield, R. A. Bailey, G. F. R. (= G. F. Rowbotham), James Hardman. W. R. Henderson). F. K. Kessel was the author of "Cranial Surgery in Salerno", which is on pp. 90-97 of this issue. It concerns the "Bamberg Surgery" from the 12th century. About Frank K. Kessel: "Among the many Jewish medical refugees in the United Kingdom, two were to work closely with Jefferson. One of them, Eugen Pollak, the distinguished neuropathologist who had been recommended by Cairns, had been interned in the Isle of Man as an alien on the outbreak of war. He had now been released and was able to work in the pathology department. . . . He died shortly after the end of the war. Later, a neurosurgeon named F. K. Kessel came to Manchester and became an important member of the neurosurgical department. . . . It was in December of that year, 1941, that F. K. Kessel came to work for Jefferson. He was about 40 years old, and a fully trained neurosurgeon. As such he was able to provide much needed help with some of the operating, especially during the many days when Jeff was away from Manchester. In addition, Kessel saw some of the private patients when requested. He remained in Manchester until about 1948, when he went to live and work in Switzerland" (Peter H. Schurr, So That was Life, a Biography of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, pp. 211 and 219). Seller Inventory # 16479

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Title: Manchester University Medical School Gazette...

Publisher: 1946.

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition