The Whig Interpretation of History

Butterfield, Herbert.

G. Bell and Sons, 1950

1950 printing. Interesting provenance, previously owned by Dr. Owsei Temkin. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. vi, 132 p., 19 cm.  

"Owsei Temkin was a director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Temkin was known as one of the world's foremost experts on the interaction of medicine and culture throughout history. He published hundreds of articles and a dozen books on the history of medicine, including the history and philosophy of Greco-Arabic medicine. His book, The Falling Sickness, a study of views on epilepsy through the ages, has achieved wide renown. Temkin received the Welch Medal and the Sarton Prize and was elected to the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences." - Johns Hopkins Medical Institute