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Early reference book for X-Rays in America

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Description

Heading: (Medical)
Author: Morton, William J. and Edwin Hammer
Title: The X Ray or Photography of the Invisible and Its Value in Surgery
Place Published: New York
Publisher:American Technical Book Co.
Date Published: 1896
Description:

196, [3] pp. With 32 leaves of radiograph plates; plus woodcuts in text. 19x12.3 cm (7½x5"), original green cloth, pictorial illustration and lettering in silver gilt. First Edition.

Among the early printed references to X-rays in America, as well as one of the first books on the medical applications of X-ray technology. The present work is included in Dibner's select list of 24 early publications 'of special significance' dealing with X-ray technology. (Dibner, The New Rays, of Professor Rontgen, p.36)

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Slight wear and soiling to cloth; front hinge tender, faint toning to pages; very good.

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Early reference book for X-Rays in America

Name: Early reference book for X-Rays in America
SKU: 139202082
Price: 375 USD
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