Acromegaly
by Atkinson, F.R.B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
John Bale, Sons & Danielsson; London, 1932 First edition. Blue cloth-covered boards, 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 260 pp., 3 b/w photo illustrations (frontispiece plates with tissue guards), extensive bibliography. Good (marked sunning, spine; dust soiling, top edge of book block; mild staining and edgewear, boards; previous owner's bookplate with some excess glue staining, front pastedown; previous owner's name in ink, front free endpaper; mild foxing, front endpapers). A seminal work on acromegaly. "Up to the end of 1930, I have been able to collect particulars of 1,319 cases of acromegaly from the literature, and upon an examination of the records of these cases the following monograph is based." Foreword by Sir Arthur Keith. Contents: Historical; Clinical Appearance of the Disease; Pathological Anatomy; Symptomatology; Aetiology; Course of the Disease. Types. Results; Pathology; Diagnosis. Prognosis; Treatment. Results of Removal of the Pituitary Gland; Analysis of Post-Mortem Examinations. Description of the Eye Conditions. Description of the Cases. Addendum. Bibliography. (3214025). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3338
- Title
- Acromegaly
- Author
- Atkinson, F.R.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Bale, Sons & Danielsson; London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- MEDICINE, HISTORY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, SIR ARTHUR KEITH, ANATOMY, PATHOLOGY, PITUITARY GLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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Boojum and Snark Books
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