MEDICINE & HUMAN WELFARE

by Sigerist M.D., Henry E

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New Haven:: Yale Univ.,, 1945. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends lightly worn; otherwise condition good.. + index. With 19 full-pg. b&w drawings & photos. 2nd prtg. of 1941 first issue. ||| Sigerist (1891-1957), History of Medicine Prof at Leipzig (1925-32) & Johns Hopkins (1932-47). Discusses--practice of Medicine against disease, plague, & epidemics; classic concept of Health; practicing physician must keep abreast of latest developments in medicine--&--must also earn a fair living. ||| He concludes medicine has historically been--& is--a special calling combining diagnosis, treatment of the body, & treatment of the spirit.