Operating on the Frontier - Memoirs of a Pioneer Canadian Neurosurgeon
by Turnbull, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1550171372
- ISBN 13
- 9781550171372
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Capilano, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 307 pages. Index. Reproductions of several black and white photos. "Traces the life of Frank Turnbull from his boyhood in Vancouver to the 1930s when neurosurgeons used celluloid Ivory soap boxes to repair holes in the skull, to the many years of treating people with sciatica, brain tumour, epilepsy, etc., to his work as an instructor in neurosurgery and his service in medical and neurological associations." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106H0080
- Title
- Operating on the Frontier - Memoirs of a Pioneer Canadian Neurosurgeon
- Author
- Turnbull, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550171372
- ISBN 13
- 9781550171372
- Publisher
- Capilano
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Operating on the Frontier - Memoirs of a Pioneer Canadian Neurosurgeon Biography Turnbull, Frank British Columbia Nerosurgeons Nervous System Surgery History sciatica, brain tumour, Epilepsy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Medicine;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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