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University of Chicago Library

Guide to B. Merrill Ricketts, The Lung 1903

© 2008 University of Chicago Library

Descriptive Summary

Title:

Ricketts, B. Merrill (Benjamin Merrill). The Lung

Dates:

1903

Manuscript Number:

Crerar Ms 90

Size:

2 volumes

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

Typescript medical study with handwritten annotations, on the pathology of the lung. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Volume One: "History and resume of surgical conditions found therein and experimental and clinical research in lower animals with reference to pneumonotomy, pneumonectomy, & bronchiotomy." Volume Two: "Experimental research on the lung of the dog with reference to ineumenotomy and pneumonectomy."

Information on Use

Access

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Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Ricketts, B. Merrill (Benjamin Merrill), The Lung, Crerar 90, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Scope Note

Typescript medical study with handwritten annotations, on the pathology of the lung. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Volume One: "History and resume of surgical conditions found therein and experimental and clinical research in lower animals with reference to pneumonotomy, pneumonectomy, & bronchiotomy." Volume Two: "Experimental research on the lung of the dog with reference to ineumenotomy and pneumonectomy." Study printed in Benjamin Merrill Ricketts, The Surgery of the Heart and Lungs, Part Two (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904). Ex libris: "The Ricketts Library, Cincinnati." Presented by Benjamin Merrill Ricketts. Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather with paper-covered boards.

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Subject Headings

INVENTORY

Crerar Ms 90