first edition
1915 · Milwaukee, WI
by FRANK, LOUIS FREDERICK
Milwaukee, WI: Germania Publishing, 1915. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. xvi, 272; frontispiece, plates (mostly photographic portraits), and charts throughout; ex-library with manuscript call number in white ink at lower spine, a little wear to extremities, and a handful of signatures starting; a good, sturdy copy overall, in contemporary if not original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A native Milwaukeean, Frank (1857-1918) practiced in dermatology and has been credited with introducing x-ray technology to the treatment of skin disorders. His Medical History includes more than 180 biographies of Milwaukee physicians, most with portraits, and number (truncated)