1924 · Chicago
by Libman, Emanuel; Benjamin Sacks
Chicago, 1924. Libman, Emanuel (1872-1946) and Benjamin Sacks (1896-1939). A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis. Offprint from Archives of Internal Medicine 33 (1924). 39pp. Text illustrations. 256 x 174 mm. Original gray printed wrappers, slight wear and spotting. Very good. From the library of Herbert M. Evans (1882-1971), discoverer of Vitamin E, with his stamp on the front wrapper. First Edition, Offprint Issue. The first description of "Libman-Sacks disease," a form of nonbacterial endocarditis involving all four valves and the mural endocardium, and often accompanied by eruptions on the face resembling those of systemic lupus erythematosus. Garrison-Morton.com 2855. Norman 1346 (this copy). . (Inventory #: 44319)