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White House Physician
by McIntire, Ross T
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About This Item
Inscribed and signed by the author on the front fixed end paper in the year of publication. Hard cover. Octavo. [vi] 244 pages. Publisher's blue cloth over boards. Price clipped dust jacket shows Fairly heavy shelf wear with rubbing to edges and is protected in an archival quality mylar sleeve.
Vice-Admiral Ross T. McIntire was an American physician and United States Navy officer. An otolaryngologist, he was appointed physician to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, becoming the first Physician to the President with a board-certified specialty. In 1938, he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II.- Wikipedia.
Vice-Admiral Ross T. McIntire was an American physician and United States Navy officer. An otolaryngologist, he was appointed physician to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, becoming the first Physician to the President with a board-certified specialty. In 1938, he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II.- Wikipedia.
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- Abacus Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 505
- Title
- White House Physician
- Author
- McIntire, Ross T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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