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The Medical and Franklin Library of Dr. William von Valtier, Part II
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RÖNTGEN'S X-RAYS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
BORDEN, WILIAM C. 1858-1934.
The Use of the Roentgen Ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in the War With Spain, 1898. Washington, DC: General Printing Office, 1900.

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RÖNTGEN'S X-RAYS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

BORDEN, WILIAM C. 1858-1934. The Use of the Roentgen Ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in the War With Spain, 1898. Washington, DC: General Printing Office, 1900.
Large 4to. 38 photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles on spine. Rubbed, light browing, dampstain to front free endpaper.

FIRST EDITION. "The Spanish-American War was the first war in which X-rays were used for diagnostic purposes. This is the first report on the application of X-rays to military medicine" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 2687.2). One of the earliest atlases of X-rays, this volume includes 38 photographic illustrations of X-ray apparatus and many fine plates of roentgenograms of the limbs, skull, and thorax. All but one of the plates are heliotypes. Cushing U31; Heirs of Hippocrates 2217; Norman 267.

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