The Gold-Headed Cane
by MacMichael, William (MD)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1919 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Bookplate on front pastedown; paragraph article about the book taped to flyleaf. The "autobiography" of the Gold-Headed Cane, and its carriers - Radcliffe, Mead, Askew, Pitcairn and Baillie. The Cane, which now resides in the Library of College of Physicians in England. This medical and literary classic, tells the story of the Cane and the medical profession in Great Britain. The Cane was used in ancient days as an essential part of every physician's equipment, to contain aromatic preparations to be inhaled as prevention of contagion..
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Details
- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 076648
- Title
- The Gold-Headed Cane
- Author
- MacMichael, William (MD)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Paul B. Hoeber, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Medicine, History of Medicine, Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship, Gold Headed Cane
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical Biography;
Terms of Sale
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UHR Books
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Hollis Center, Maine
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