A Doctor’s Story : An Autobiography

First English edition. 208pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Text block edges and page margins tanned. Endpapers tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, stains on rear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The Swedish doctor tells his personal story and gives the case history of his most interesting patients as well as discussing various aspects of the medical man’s life in the days before the discovery of modern ‘miracle’ drugs and the establishment of welfare states. Translated by Maurice Michael.