k a smith (2 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 95 pages, illustrated, chronology, bibliography.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 6 ¼ in. x 9 in., [46] pp., as 10 single-page tables, mounted on tabs, and another table of equivalents of the simple substances is on one leaf. Leather spine & sides with brown paper-covered boards and with a printed title label mounted on the front cover. Leather spine shows deterioration, with chipping away of much of the leather, covers show some damp, wear to cover edges/corners; endpapers show brown spotting, old damp stain through one-third of each flyleaf, and tables, with scattered tan spotting, possible signs of laboratory use. Embossed stamp in upper right of front endpaper: Gray Sprague Booksellers Albany, N.Y. First signature at the top of this page (appears to be) J.S. Mesker, beneath this is the signature and date, of 26 year old Theobald Smith (of Albany, New York): Theobald Smith June 1885. An early item from Smith's working library. This is a signed assocition item. To quote the Columbia Encyclopedia (1950) on Smith: "Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934, American pathologist, born Albany, N. Y., M.D. Albany Medical College, 1883. He was professor of bacteriology at Columbian (now George Washington) University (1886-95) and of pathology at Harvard (1896-1915) and served as pathologist with the Department of Agriculture (1884-95), the Massachusetts state board of health (1895-1915), and Rockefeller Institute (1915-29). He discovered the parasite causing Texas cattle fever and its transmission by the cattle tick, differentiated between human and bovine tuberculosis, and contributed greatly to preventive medicine. He wrote 'Studies in Vaccinal Immunity' (with R. B. Little, 1923) and 'Parasitism and Disease' (1934).". Signed by Author(s).