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M.D.; One Doctor's Adventures Among the Famous and Infamous from the Jungles of Panama to a Park Avenue Practice
by B.H. Kean, MD and Tracy Dahlby
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 034535821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780345358219
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1990 Ballantine Books, New York. 1990. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked except for inscription to previous owner on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Blue boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 402 pp. From his tropical medicine battles in the 1930s to modern medicine, the author has had one of the most extraordinary careers possible in medicine. In this book he shares the cases of thrilling medical detection that too him to the streets of Panama City, to the labs of Army Hospitals, to post-WWII Europe and finally to his own Park Avenue practice treating the names in pop culture and politics. A clean and pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001606
- Title
- M.D.; One Doctor's Adventures Among the Famous and Infamous from the Jungles of Panama to a Park Avenue Practice
- Author
- B.H. Kean, MD and Tracy Dahlby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 034535821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780345358219
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- PARK AVENUE MEDICINE, TROPICAL CELEBRITY PARASITOLOGY, MALARIA, AIDS, TOXOPLASMOSIS, VENEREAL DISEASE, MEDICAL PRACTICE, PUBLIC HEALTH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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