Bidspirit auction | THE CLASSICS OF MEDICINE LIBRARY

THE CLASSICS OF MEDICINE LIBRARY - 15 TITLES: CHARLES DARWIN, MORBID ANATOMY, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE - This lot includes 15 titles (No. 5963) from The Classics of Medicine Library which were sent to charter member Dr. Richard E. Slavin: Thomas Sydenham ”The Works of Thomas Sydenham”, William Beaumont ”Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion”, Peacock ”The Human Heart”, Alvarez ”The Mechanics of the Digestive Tract”, Florence Nightingale ”Notes on Nursing and Hospitals”, Koch ”The Etiology of Traumatic Infectious Diseases”, R.T.H. Laennec ”A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest”, Baillie ”Morbid Anatomy of the Human Body”, William Osler ”Acquanimitas with other Addresses”, Parkinson ”An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, Charles Darwin ”On the Origin of Species”, Boyle ”Humane Blood”, Nicolas Andry ”Orthopaedia”, Corvisart ”Organic Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels” - Avenbrugger ”Percussion of the Chest”, and William Osler ”Counsels and Ideals”. The lot measures 9.5” H x 18” W x 7” D. A Portland, OR pathologist, Dr. Richard Slavin (1949-2023) was trained to research, study, diagnose & treat disease by analyzing sample tissues at a microscopic level. He was recognized worldwide as an accomplished author, lecturer, and research affiliate with Harvard Medical School, and was a board member on the Stratford Foundation.