Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley (2 Volumes)

Drake, Daniel

Burt Franklin, 1971

[A systematic treatise, historical, etiological, and practical, on the principal diseases of the interior valley of North America as they appear in the Caucasian, African, Indian, and Esquimaux varieties of its population] 2 volume set. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering on spines (some slightly faded). Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some pages creased. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. 

From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).