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CASTIGLIONI, ARTURO (1874-1953), History of Medicine.
Translation by E[dward] B[ell] Krumbhaar (born 1882) of the revised second edition of Storia della medicina, Milan: Casa Editrice A. Mondadori, 1936. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 2nd Revised & enlarged Edition, 2nd printing. [First published 1927 in Italian; First issued in English translation in 1941.] [8]+xxx+1192+lxi+[5]pp. 503 text illustrations. Heavy octavo. Blue buckram with gilt spine lettering. VG in tattered DJ. Really the third edition of the text. "Much attention is devoted to palaeopathology, while the accounts of the School of Salerno, and mediaeval and Renaissance Italian medicine are especially valuable. The bibliographies are excellent. This is one of the most accurate and comprehensive textbooks on the subject" [GM]. Krumbhaar deleted many passages he regarded as being only of Italian interest and added much material relating to British & American medicine. This second edition in English is greatly enlarged with the section on the period from 1850 completely rewritten and divided into two chapters running nearly 400 pages. It is the definitive edition in English. GM-5 6418. Weight: 5 pounds 8.0 ounces = 2.5 kg. Size: 9.6 x 6.8 x 2.4 inches = 24 x 17 x 6cm. Binding: HB. Dustjacket: tattered.
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