The Biology of the Negro
Lewis, Julian Herman
Chicago Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1942. F xvii + 433 pages; author index, subject index; illustrated with statistical tables; chapter information including: population and vital statistics, Anatomy of the Negro, Biochemical and Physiological Characteristics, Medical, Surgical, Skin, Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat, Dental Diseases; Obstetrics and Gynecology; (from the dustjacket information): "...assembles for the first time the voluminous but widely dispersed information on the physical and biological makeup of Negroes-American and African-and on their reaction to disease...will be of value to anthopologists and biologists as a measure of the differences and similarities other than the obvious ones which may exist between the races..."; with the previous owner signature of "Arthur J. Antenucci 1942" on the front endpaper; Dr. Arthur J. Antenucci (1905-1987) Chief of Medicine at Roosevelt Hospital NYC, internist and one of the personal physicians of the Duke of Windsor, benefactor of some note, editor of the American Journal of Medicine for many years; some edge, tips and spine end wear & chipping to dustjacket; volume in very good condition.. Very Good H (Item ID: 18669)
$150.00
