Memories, Men and Medicine. A History of Medicine in Sacramento, California with Biographies of the Founders of the Society for Medical Improvement...

Sacramento: The Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, 1950 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. xvii, [3], 505pp. Thirty-four photographic illustrations and portraits. Index. Dark blue-gray cloth, gilt lettered spine. A fine copy. Part I covers the Gold Rush era, the founding of early medical societies, the beginning organization of the Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, etc., Through World War II, to 1949. Part II includes the development of Public Health in Sacramento, health officers, ordinances of the city of Sacramento, hospitals, biographies of numerous elected officers of the Society, etc..