William MacMichael — The Gold-Headed Cane

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-headed cane presented to five eminent physicians: Radcliffe, Mead, Askew, Pitcairn, and Baillie. Illustrating a fascinating record of the practice of medicine through the eighteenth century. Written by William MacMichael, an English physician, medical biographer, and author. With an introduction by Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician and of the the four founding professors of John Hopkins Hospital. Preface by Francis R. Packard, an English physician renowned in the field of medicine. In the original full navy cloth. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Library ink stamp to the reverse of the title page and the final page of text. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .