(New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930).

FIRST EDITION IN REMARKABLE CONDITION, INCLUDES "THE CARE OF THE PATIENT", a foundational work on modern medical care and ethics.
"Many generations of Harvard medical students have found guidance in the words of a lecture entitled "The Care of the Patient'. It was given in 1923 by a well-loved professor of medicine, Dr. Francis Weld Peabody. Today, when the impersonal aid of laboratory determinations and complex therapeutic devices surrounds him, the modem doctor needs more than ever to be reminded of his special human responsibility. It is stated here quite simply in the immortal words with which the lecture ends: "The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient". This small volume, “Doctor and Patient., contains that lecture and two others, and ends with "The Soul of the Clinic", originally a letter written by Doctor Peabody to a medical friend in 1927 when he knew that his own life was drawing to a close. Those who knew him believe that an appreciation of his wisdom and humanity should be part of all medical education. With that in mind this book is sent with the permission and generosity of his widow, Virginia Peabody Shattuck, to be deposited in the library of your medical school." -
W. B. CASTLE, M.D. Francis Weld Peabody Faculty Professor of Medicine Emeritus; Harvard University.
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First Edition and First Printing of this collection of lectures, including one lecture never previously published. With a laid-in library presentation sheet with Harvard emblem at the top in red with an explanation of this book by Dr. W.B. Castle, Harvard University. A Francis Peabody Family Copy, with established provenance. 8vo, publisher's original maroon cloth, the upper cover and spine ruled and lettered in gilt, in the very scarce original glassine wrapper. xiii, 95pp. A very fine copy, the book is essentially as mint and pristine but for residue on the front blank from where the now-laid-in Harvard sheet was once tipped on. The glassine wrapper with only very minor edgewear and a few small tears or chips.