MITCHELL, S. Weir.
Doctor and Patient.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company , 1888.
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First Edition, Presentation Copy of S. Weir Mitchell's Doctor and Patient; inscribed by him to Craig Lippincott, the son of the work's publisher, in the year of publication
First edition, presentation copy of the father of medical neurology's most popular work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the son of the work's publisher in the year of publication, "Craig Lippincott with the regards of Weir Mitchell Jan. 1888." One of only twenty-five large paper copies. In near fine condition. One of the earliest extant presentation copies, likely the earliest.
One of Mitchell's most popular works, Doctor an Patient provides a prime example of the eminent physician's direct appeal to the common sense and intelligence of the layman at large. Addressed chiefly to women, the essays include: The Physician, Convalescence, Pain and Consequences, The Moral Management of Sick or Invalid Children, Nervousness and it Influence on Character, and Out-Door Camp-Life for Women. The work quickly gained popularity upon publication and went through four revisions. Mitchell's more prominent patients included Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of his treatments in her 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway.
Doctor and Patient.
$6,500.00
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