Doctors and Politicians: A Series of Letters Reprinted from the Medical Record, of December 7th, 1889, and from Several Subsequent Numbers of this Journal, INSCRIBED by the Author
New York: M.J. Rooney and Co, 1889. Paperback. Inscribed by Robert Dawbarn on the front wrap. Letters from the Medical Record journal pertaining to tensions between medical professionals and the civil service boards of New York City, as the doctors were trying to push for medical reform and the politicians moved at a frustratingly slow pace, particularly between Dawbarn and a civil service secretary named Ackerman. After their exchange went public, Ackerman was fired from his post at the civil service, according to an errata on the last page. 1889. Wraps, 8vo. 14pp. Good+. Creased once. Wear to extremities and bending to corners of wraps. Contents very clean and unmarked. good+. Item #z08484
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