On chorea and choreiform affections

London: H.K. Lewis, 1894. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, German library stamp on half- title and title. An excellent, bright copy. First edition, printed in London. This is Osler’s second neurological work, dedicated to his friend W.R. Gowers. He here provides an encyclopaedic view of chorea bolstered by his understanding and clinical experience with the varieties of involuntary movement. He played a considerable role in the development of child neurology through this monograph. Of special interest is the appendix containing an analysis of seventy-three fatal cases of chorea minors.

Osler (1849-1919) was a clinician, pathologist, and historian of medicine. His warm and charming personality, his great skill as a physician, his innovative structuring of the medical school curriculum, and his many significant writings have made him the most important figure of his time in both English and North American medicine.