Old textbooks

[yaah]

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Old textbooks rock. I just acquired a 1948 edition of Anderson's Pathology because it was going to be thrown out. For shame!

Chapter 1 is written by Paul Klemperer.

An integrated knowledge of altered form and function is the ultimate aim of pathology and is the cornerstone of modern medicine. This integration requires not only a knolwedge of facts but also a certain attitude of mind which must guide the future physician in the study of disease. This attitude of mind can only be developed if the student is trained to advance from exact observation to correlation of facts and from correlation to deduction...

[A good textbook of pathology] can attempt to present in concise form the results of investigation, it can never give a full account of the long road which has led rom the original observation of lesions to the understanding of their causation; but by well-chosen references to literature, it can stimulate the student to a historical review of the problems of pathology. Thus, the student can spiritually repeat the investigative efforts which have advanced our knowledge. In this way he will develop the attitude of mind which will later enable him to make his own contribution to the ultimate object of medicine: to recognize the intrinsic reason of disease.

 

[geddy]

Old textbooks rock. I just acquired a 1948 edition of Anderson's Pathology because it was going to be thrown out. For shame!

No doubt - I picked up a free copy of Ackerman's Surgical Pathology from like 1968 that was being thrown away.

Chapter 1 is written by Paul Klemperer.

Sorry, but I have to ask - by any chance was the famous pathologist from Mt. Sinai related to the historic Werner Klemperer? Anderson... If I find this textbook to be lacking in discussions of connective tissue... Thirty days, in the cooler!

 

[Matte Kudesai]

No doubt - I picked up a free copy of Ackerman's Surgical Pathology from like 1968 that was being thrown away.

Sorry, but I have to ask - by any chance was the famous pathologist from Mt. Sinai related to the historic Werner Klemperer? Anderson... If I find this textbook to be lacking in discussions of connective tissue... Thirty days, in the cooler!

I recently bought a surgical pathology book from England with an 1878 copyright. All the path images are black ink line drawings. Its a beautiful book.....

I regret that I will not be able to use for sign out...

 

[geddy]

I recently bought a surgical pathology book from England with an 1878 copyright. All the path images are black ink line drawings. Its a beautiful book.....

That is awesome, man. Where did you find it?

I regret that I will not be able to use for sign out...

Now, of course, that would depend who you're signing out with. 😛 Light your candles and oil lamps, and start reading. Pretty soon, you'll be able to kick some historical, arcane information around - old school style

 

[yaah]

Problem is, if you used an 1878 textbook you would have to use an 1878 scope. Tough! This old textbook I have has great descriptions of Sarcoidosis and TB, among others. I also got a 1970 version of "Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest" which is all based on chest x-ray/pathology correlations. Amazing how much you can learn from this!

I have also a collection of Leonardo DaVinci's drawings on the human body (not the originals!) which are quite remarkable.