Henry Sigerist's translation of Johann Peter Frank's "The people's misery" / [1941].

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Henry Sigerist's translation of Johann Peter Frank's "The people's misery" / [1941].

Part 1: Henry Sigerist's manuscript translation from Latin to English of Johann Peter Frank's 1790 address, "The people's misery: mother of diseases". Part 2: Sigerist's introduction to his paper, "The people's misery: mother of diseases; an address, delivered in 1790 by Johann Peter Frank" (Bulletin of the history of medicine, v. 9, no. 1, Jan. 1941, p. 81-100). Pt. 1 inscribed to Milton I. Roemer, 1947. Text composed in unlined, blue paper-covered notebooks.

pt. 1-2 ; 34 cm.

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Frank, Johann Peter, 1745-1821

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Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

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Henry E. Sigerist was born in Paris, France in 1891. He studied in Europe, served in the Swiss Army Corps, and received his M.D. from the University of Zurich in 1917. He was lecturer and professor of history of medicine at Zurich (1921-1924) and the University of Leipzig (1925-1932). He then served as professor and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1932-1947), before becoming a research associate at Yale University (1947-1957). Sigerist published ...