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Radiology Six Pamphlets. Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen's (1845-1923) Eine Neue Art von Strahlen, Wurzburg: Stahel'schen, 1896, octavo, 12 pages, ex library, back cover only present, chipped, some tears, 9 x 6 in.; Ludwig Braun's Uber Herzbewegung, Jena: Fischer, 1898, orange paper wrappers, 10 x 6 3/4 in.; Memoires de L'Academie des Sciences, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1903, limp paper wrappers, spine split, 11 x 9 in.; Bulletin of the National Research Council, Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 1922, paper wraps, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.; Joliot and Irene Curie's Radioactivite Artificielle, Paris: Hermann & Cie, 1935, paper wrappers, 10 x 6 1/2 in.; [and] Niels Bohr's The Penetration of Atomic Particles through Matter, Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1948, paper wrappers, spine and boards taped, 9 1/2 x 6 in. (6)
Provenance: From the collection of B. Leonard Holman, M.D., Philip H. Cook Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Chairman, Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Estimate $300-500
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B. Leonard Holman, Uber, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, Ludwig Braun, Irene Curie, Joliot Curie, Washington, D.C., ParisJohn Dorfman
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