By Lord Platt [Robert Platt]
London   British Medical Association
8.5" by 6.5" 17 pp.
This uncommon first book edition of a Harveian Oration given by Lord Platt, examining then recent developments in Western medicine.
By Lord Platt [Robert Platt]

1967 Medical Science: Master or Servant?

London   British Medical Association
8.5" by 6.5" 17 pp.
This uncommon first book edition of a Harveian Oration given by Lord Platt, examining then recent developments in Western medicine.
£45.00
: 0.5kgs / : 935E40

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Description

First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

The first edition of the work published in book format, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, 25th November 1967, 4, 439-444.

Uncommon.

The Harveian Oration was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey and is an annual lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. This is the Harveian Oration which was given in 1967 by Robert Platt, a British physician who specialised in the research of kidney disease, however is now best remembered for his debate with George White Pickering regarding the nature of hypertension.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, attractive with just slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages, barring a touch of foxing exclusive to the title page.

Near Fine

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