[MITCHELL, S. Weir]

BURR, Charles W. The S. Weir Mitchell oration. S. Weir Mitchell, physician, man of science, man of letters, man of affairs.

[Philadelphia]: [College of Physicians of Philadelphia], 1920. 8vo. 31 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original green boards, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, some light spotting to upper cover; a fine, uncut copy from the library of Alfred Heacock Whittaker, with his bookplate. Item #11748

First edition of this oration which was delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on November 19, 1919. The oration was established by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to be given triennially and to have as its subject any aspect of the life or work of S. Weir Mitchell. Burr (b.1861) was a physician and professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Price: $45.00