COMPENDIUM OF REGIONAL DIAGNOSIS IN AFFECTIONS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL LOCALIZATION IN DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

C. V. Mosby Company, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. St. Louis 1927 3 Translation by F. S. Arnold of the 6th German edition of Kompendium der topischen Gehirn- und Ruckenmarksdiagnostik. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1927. 3rd Edition in English, 1st printing, American issue, printed in the UK. [First published 1909 in German; First issued in English translation in 1911]. xviii+204pp. 102 text figures, some in color. Square octavo. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine. A very good copy with the title-page stamp and spine call number of The Hartford Retreat. Uncommon. "Besides von Monakow, the leading Swiss neurologist of this century was Robert Paul Bing, professor of neurology at the University of Basel. Bing contributed to all aspects of clinical neurology and was largely instrumental in having neurology recognized as a specialty in Switzerland. His Kompendium (1909) has been used by four generations of neurologists, passing through eleven German editions and being translated into French and English. His Lehrbuch (1913) received similar acclaim" [McHenry Garrison's History of Neurology, p. 340]. 1 pound 14.0 ounces = 854 grams. 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches = 24.7 x 18 x 2cm. Cover starting to detach from interior spine inside front cover. Some neatly written notes in text in black pen.