A Short History of Medicine. Revised edition.

Baltimore and London:: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982., 1982. 8vo. xx, 277, [1] pp. 23 figs., index. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Coming to America because the war, Ackerknecht "was first employed as a fellow in the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University while working as assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History. He was then offered a position as the University of Wisconsin's first Chair in the history of medicine. His A short history of medicine, was published in 1955 but the most active years of his academic life was when he moved to the University of Zurich (Switzerland), a position he kept until his retirement in 1971."