THE USE OF THE RONTGEN RAY BY THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN (1898)
Wash. D. C. Gov't Printing Office, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Item #MISS053
Apparent 1st printing. 4to blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. 98pp. XXXIII plates plus 26 figures. Charts. Statistics. "Prepared under the direction of Surgeon-General George M. Sternberg, United States Army. Borden was "Captain and Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army." Ink stamp of Dr. Oliver C. Melson on front paste down. Melson was a physician in Little Rock, Arkansas. Science Magazine, Sept. 9, 1927, reported that Melson, of the Mayo Clinic, was appointed Head of the Dept. of Medicine at the University of Arkansas. Title actually has the spelling, "röntgen. "Good plus copy with some edgewear and moderate fading to spine. Scarce.
Price: $300.50