Publicado por Atlas Press, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
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Paperback. Condición: NEW. Paperback. Celine is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932) and Death on the Instalment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical and unreasonable account of the life of Semmelweiss predates them both. Ignacz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) was a doctor, now regarded as the father of the cure to antisepsis. His fellow doctors rejected both his reasoning and his methods, thereby causing many thousands of deaths in maternity wards across Europe. While originally written as a thesis towards his medical doctorate in 1924, it was not published until 1936. A semi-fictional biography of a great figure of medical development, to be adapted for stage in 2021. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Atlas Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
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Publicado por Atlas Press Sep 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: NEW. Neuware - Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961) is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932)--which Charles Bukowski described as the greatest novel of the past 2,000 years--and Death on the Installment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical 'biography' predates them both. The astounding yet true story of the life of Ignacz Semmelweis provided Céline with a narrative whose appalling events and bizarre twists would have lain beyond credibility in a work of pure fiction. Semmelweis, now regarded as the father of antisepsis, was the first to diagnose correctly the cause of the staggering mortality rates in the lying-in hospital at Vienna. However, his colleagues rejected both his reasoning and his methods, thereby causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in maternity wards across Europe. This episode, one of the most infamous in the history of medicine, and its disastrous effects on Semmelweis himself, are the subject of Céline's semi-fictional evocation, one in which his violent descriptive genius is already apparent. The overriding theme of his later writing--a caustic despair verging on disgust for humanity--finds its first expression here, and yet he also reveals a more compassionate aspect to his character. Semmelweis was not published until 1936, after the novels that made Céline famous. 'It is not every day we get a thesis such as Céline wrote on Semmelweis!' wrote Henry Miller of this volume.
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ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
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Publicado por Alianza Editorial. Colección El libro de bolsillo, 1968
Librería: Librería Eleutheria, Madrid, España
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Publicado por Atlas Press, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
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Paperback. Condición: NEW. Paperback. Celine is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932) and Death on the Instalment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical and unreasonable account of the life of Semmelweiss predates them both. Ignacz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) was a doctor, now regarded as the father of the cure to antisepsis. His fellow doctors rejected both his reasoning and his methods, thereby causing many thousands of deaths in maternity wards across Europe. While originally written as a thesis towards his medical doctorate in 1924, it was not published until 1936. A semi-fictional biography of a great figure of medical development, to be adapted for stage in 2021. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Atlas Press, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
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Paperback. Condición: NEW. Paperback. Celine is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932) and Death on the Instalment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical and unreasonable account of the life of Semmelweiss predates them both. Ignacz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) was a doctor, now regarded as the father of the cure to antisepsis. His fellow doctors rejected both his reasoning and his methods, thereby causing many thousands of deaths in maternity wards across Europe. While originally written as a thesis towards his medical doctorate in 1924, it was not published until 1936. A semi-fictional biography of a great figure of medical development, to be adapted for stage in 2021. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Atlas Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemania
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Publicado por Atlas Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 1900565471 ISBN 13: 9781900565479
Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Paperback. Condición: USED_FINE. Semmelweiss by Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Published by Atlas Press in 2008. Paperback ISBN:9781900565479. Collectible item in very fine condition.