8vo (225 x 143 mm). Half-title. (Some minor toning and spotting.) Modern black morocco-backed marbled boards gilt, uncut and partially unopened (corners with a touch of rubbing). Provenance: Stewart R. Roberts, M.D. (1878-1941), American Cardiologist (bookplate on front flyleaf). 

FIRST EDITION of "one of the most famous contributions of the Irish school of medicine" (Lilly Library, Notable Medical Books, 187). This copy is from the collection of Dr. Roberts, the first cardiologist in Georgia who had a long association with the Emory University School of Medicine and served as President of both the Southern Medical Association (SMA) and the American Heart Association. Roberts' work garnered praise from contemporaries such as Dr. Seale Harris who was also a President of the SMA and editor of Southern Medical Journal for over a decade: "Dr. Roberts is one of the ablest men in American medicine and is frequently called the 'Osler of the South'" (Charles S. Roberts, "The Physician Legacy of Stewart R. Roberts," 2021, p.1). A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.