Sohn, Anton Paul

A Saw, Pocket Instruments, and Two Ounces of Whiskey: Frontier Military Medicine in the Great Basin

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. First Edition. 237pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on front board and backstrip. Near fine. Frontier Military Series XX (20). Prospectus laid in. Owner's name in pencil on the front free endsheet. Item #6456

"One of the few works published on frontier medicine, Sohn studied both the practice of medicine at the sixteen military installations in the Great Basin and how military medicine affected surrounding civilians and Indians. Published as part of the History of Medicine program at the University of Nevada." - Clark & Brunet 266.

Price: $25.00