Sandra W. Moss

The Country Practitioner: Ellis P. Townsend's Brave Little Medical Journal

Xlibris, 2011. First edition. Softcover. IN STOCK, NOT print-on-demand. Softcovers. 125 pp. with index. Frontis portarit of Dr. Townsend. A fine, unused example. The story of a short-lived but lively medical journal published in Beverley, New Jersey between 1879 and 1881. It's editor, Dr. Ellis Townsend, created this publication for general practitioners in villages across America, who he thought were underserved by ther large medical journals of the day. His little journal featured often tart editorials and Townsend's own storng opinions on such top[ics as bloodletting, obstrectics, etc. Fine. Item #E17980
ISBN: 9781456850005

Price: $15.95