The Emperor's itch : the legend concerning Napoleon's affliction with scabies / by Reuben Friedman ... with ten illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Reuben, 1892-

Contributor:

Charles Lee Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Napoleon.

Scabies.

Medical Subjects:

Scabies.

Penn Provenance:

Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)

Lee, Charles, 1913- (inscription) (Lee Collection copy)

Friedman, Reuben, 1892- (autograph, June 20, 1940) (Lee Collection copy)

Babcock, W. Wayne (inscription) (Lee Collection copy)

Physical Description:

6 preliminary leaves, 15 unnumbered pages-82 pages, 6 leaves : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Froben Press, 1940.

Notes:

"Read before the sixteenth annual meeting of the American association of the history of medicine, Atlantic City, N.J., May 6, 1940."

"La gale" (translated from the Album comique de pathologie pittoresque ... Paris, A. Tardieu, 1823): p. [77]-82.

"Acknowledgments": 4th prelim. leaf Bibliographical foot-notes.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has 2 inscriptions the first to Dr. W. Wayne Babcock: " Presented to Dr. W. Wayne Babcock -- in token of the author's deep appreciation of the professional services and personal favors he has rendered over many years to his patients, family and self. Reuben Friedman June 20, 1940." The second inscription reads: "To Charles Lee with thanks for much helpful literary criticism. Herman Beerum 1981."

Other Format:

Online version: Friedman, Reuben, 1892- Emperor's itch; the legend concerning Napoleon's affliction with scabies.

OCLC:

30924124