Nourse j e joseph everett 1819 1889 (1 résultats)

Series: Washington Observations for 1871, Appendix IV. 4to. 52 pp. Tables. Original printed wrappers; top cover off, extremities chipped. Ownership signature of W. W. Keen, M.D. on top cover. Ex library rubber stamps on to cover and title. Good. Joseph Everett Nourse also wrote and edited works relating to the arctic, the Suez canal, and exploration of both Arctic and Antarctic continents. PROVENANCE: William Williams Keen (1837-1932), professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, was a pioneer in linear craniotomy, one of the first in the United States to use x-rays in surgical diagnosis, and the first successfully to operate for meningioma.…