Author: Brothers, A., B.S., M.D.
Title: Infantile Mortality During Child-Birth and Its Prevention. William Furness Jenks Prize Essay of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Description: Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 1896. 1896. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed with wear to the cloth at the bottom corners. Remnants of a paper label are affixed to the spine. 179 pages, with a folding chart summarizing results of forty-seven post-mortem examinations. There is a tear along the inner edge of the front endpaper and top corner of that leaf is chipped. An internally very good copy.

First edition. Inscribed on the title page "With the authors Compliments".

From the library of Dr. Isaac Surnamer who served on the staff of the Paterson, NJ General Hospital, with his blindstamp on the front and rear blanks and his signature on the half-title.

The author, A. Brothers, M.D. was the visiting gynecologist to Beth Israel Hospital New York and an instructor in operative gynecology at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Good .

Keywords: MEDICAL; MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING CHILD-BIRTH AND ITS PREVENTION; A. BROTHERS; DR. ISAAC SURNAMER; BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL; INSCRIBED BOOK; WILLIAM FURNESS JENKS PRIZE ESSAY; FOLDING CHART; PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; INSCRIP

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