Modern Medicine its Theory and Practice: in Original Contributions by American and Foreign Authors 7 vols
190751831Philadelphia: Lea & Febridge 1907-1910. First Edition. First printings. Seven large octavo volumes 24cm. Publisher's red cloth boards titled in gilt on spines; lavender endpapers; plates; illus. Very mild external wear; rear free endpaper lacking in vol. 7 else a complete unusually well-preserved set in the original publisher's cloth. The last major authorial undertaking by Osler 1849-1919 a massive compilation of medical and scientific papers by the most eminent physicians of the period chosen to reflect "a new era" in medicine. Osler took care to include works from outside the English-speaking world as noted in the Publisher's Note to Volume 1: ".it is more necessary in medicine than in any other sphere of human effort that the world-knowledge should be placed at the command of all. Physicians of the dominant language English have just cause for satisfaction in realizing that this is now to be accomplished in their own tongue and under the leadership of one of the best fitted by common consent to develop this idea in its most complete and fruitful manner. Lea & Febridge unknown books
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