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FULTON, JOHN F. - Harvey Cushing: A Biography.

Title: Harvey Cushing: A Biography.
Description: First Edition, Second Printing Corrected; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 754, (1); portrait frontispiece "Harvey Cushing in Europe 1929", text illustrated with56 pages of b/w. photographs, numerous line drawings in text, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little worn and browned on edges, name on front endpaper, very good copy. Springfield Il.; Charles C. Thomas; 1947. Fulton's rare scholarship, both enthusiastic and meticulous, is evidenced in this work. Harvey Cushing (1869 - 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, Pulitzer prize winning writer and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's Disease.

Keywords: medical history biography

Price: AUD 150.00 = appr. US$ 103.78 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 123396