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The Mechanical Factors of Digestion

1911rif. 1940London: Edward Arnold 1911. First edition. THE INTRODUCTION OF RADIOLOGY TO GASTROENTEROLOGY. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover red cloth binding gilt title to spine bookplate of Dr. N. S. R. Maluf to front paste-down handstamp and signature of George J. Mohr MD "Univ. of Chicago 10-7-15 44 Snell Hall" to front free endpaper dedication to Professor Henry Pickering Bowditch i-xi 227 pp. Spine faded corners worn very good in custom archival mylar cover. GARRISON-MORTON No. 1029. Cannon introduced the bismuth meal. He showed that bismuth opaque to x rays could be of great use in conjunction with roentgenology in the investigation of the digestive tract. This was Cannon's first major work describing his classic experiments on the physiology of digestion and his applications of x-rays to the evaluation of gastrointestinal functions. WALTER BRADFORD CANNON 1871 - 1945 was a protege of Henry Bowditch America's first full-time physiologist and succeeded him as professor at Harvard in 1902. "As a young investigator Cannon continued his research on the digestive system. Working extensively with radiographic methods he investigated gastrointestinal motility the nature of gastric peristalsis the mechanism of swallowing and control of the pylorus. Cannon published his observations and explanations in an influential 1911 text The Mechanical Factors in Digestion offered here often identified as a classic work on gastrointestinal physiology and radiology." Susan Lederer. ANB 4: 338-340. Cannon introduced the bismuth meal and refers to early X-rays of the alimentary canal using Bi salts in the first chapter. Heirs of Hippocrates 2283. A classic. PROVENANCE: NOBLE SUYDAM RUSTUM MALUF 1913-2011 was American surgeon. Master of Science Doctor of Philosophy Cornell University 1936. Doctor of Medicine Harvard University 1946. Diplomate American Board Surgery American Board Urology. Sterling fellow Yale University New Haven 1936-1937 Honorary fellow 1937-1939 Johnston Scholar Johns Hopkins University Baltimore 1939-1940. GEORGE J. MOHR 1895 – 1965 was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst attended the University of Chicago where he graduated with a BS in 1916. He also graduated from Rush Medical College receiving his MD in 1918. Mohr was the 12th President of the American Orthopsychiatric Association from 1937 to 1938. Edward Arnold hardcover

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The Way of an Investigator.

1945rif. 20581945 SCARCE FIRST PRINTING OF LANDMARK AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY WALTER CANNON WHO DEFINED THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover original red cloth binding stated first edition "A wartime book. This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials". Light stain to upper right corner of front and back covers dampstaining to edges of dust jacket which has edge tears along top edge pages are clean and unmarked. Overall good. First printings of this wartime book an autobiography published the year of Cannon's death are very scarce. WALTER BRADFORD CANNON 1871 - 1945 was an American physiologist professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term fight or flight response and he expanded on Claude Bernard's concept of homeostasis. In his autobiography The Way of an Investigator Cannon counts himself among the descendents of Jacques de Noyon a French Canadian explorer and coureur des bois. A high school teacher Mary Jeannette Newson became his mentor. "Miss May" Newson motivated and helped him take his academic skills to Harvard University. In 1896 his first year at Harvard Medical School he started working in Bowditch's Lab and in 1900 he received his medical degree. After graduation Cannon was hired by Harvard to instruct in the Department of Physiology. In 1906 Cannon became Higginson Professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School a position he held until 1942. From 1914 to 1916 he was also President of the American Physiological Society. In 1915 he coined the term fight or flight to describe an animal's response to threats in Bodily Changes in Pain Hunger Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent Researches into the Function of Emotional Excitement. W.W. Norton & Co. hardcover

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