MEN AGAINST DEATH by Paul De Kruif - 1932

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1932. Text/NEW w/a whisper of margin discoloration. Blue linen boards/w gilt spine lettering/VG; sound w/light edge rubs & fading to spine. DJ/None. Light nicks to upper text block & PO label removal scar to front cover verso. 1932 best seller glorifying the American doctor by bacteriologist and popular writer on medical & other scientific topics Dr. Paul de Kruif (1890 - 1971) who, besides authoring some 20 books, also contributed much, as editor and writer, to the Readers' Digest for two decades. Popular response was such that it led to the near immediate publication of "Why Keep Them Alive?" --- an impassioned plea on behalf of those dying, in the our land of plenty, from starvation and/or treatable disease. 363 pgs w/photo illustrations in 12 chapters, 4 parts: Part I, Three Doctors; II, Red Brick Building on the Hill; III, Machine Medicine; and IV, Old Doctor Sun, followed by Epilogue.. First Edition, First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vintage/Medicine.