Antique Medical Books Complete Set George Blumer Billings-Forchheimer's Therapeusis of Internal Diseases 6 Volumes

Antique Medical Books Complete Set of
George Blumer Edition of Billings-Forchheimer's Therapeusis of Internal Diseases
6 Volumes

This was originally compiled by Frank Billings and Frederick Forchheimer, with George Blumer serving as editor for later editions. The series was a comprehensive multi-volume work covering the treatment of internal diseases, representing the medical knowledge and therapeutic approaches of its era.
These volumes are considered historically important medical texts, documenting the evolution of internal medicine practice. They're of particular interest to medical historians, collectors of vintage medical literature, and institutions building historical medical collections.

Volumes 1-6
Leather bound, marbled end papers.

Condition: no writing, stains, or tears. Binding is strong. Some surface scratches to front covers visible only in certain light.

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York & London
Edition: Fourth Edition (George Blumer Edition)
Publication Date: 1924-1929

Volume I: Covers the principles of general therapy - physiochemical principles in therapy, nutrition and dietetics, toxicology, medical climatology, physiotherapy, massage and exercise, mechanotherapy, occupational therapy, electrotherapy, phototherapy, thermotherapy, hydrotherapy and balneology, the practical application of combined methods of physiotherapy, radium therapy, x-ray therapy, and organotherapeutics
Volume II: Continues the discussion of the principles of general therapy, covering psychotherapy, specific therapy, the treatment of anemia and the hemorrhagic diseases, the functional analysis of anaphylaxis, focal infection in relation to systemic disease, bacterial substitution therapy, pharmacologic and blood transfusion principles, etc. as well as the infectious diseases - bacilli, vibrios and cocci
Volume III: Continues discussion of the infectious diseases - cocci, filterable viruses, infections of unknown etiology, the mycoses, protozoa, metazoa, and moves into the intoxications and poisonings from medicine, warfare gases, food poisonings, and diseases dues to physical agents
Volume IV: Focused on anaphylaxis, dietary deficiencies, endocrins, developmental, vasomotor, metabolic, digestive and hematologic disorders
Volume V: Covers disorders of respiration, circulation, locomotor, kidney, bladder, occupational, and tropical diseases
Volume VI: Discusses disorders of the sexual organs, the nervous system, eyes, ears, skin, and minor surgical diagnoses