Description: THE BREAST BEAUTIFUL Else K. La Roe, MD Gorgeous Leather Binding. First Ed. 1940 Small octavo, 256 pages. Text is clean and tight. Bound in beautiful blue goatskin with gold tooled spine and cover decoration and titling. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated. Scarce. "Else K La Roe (1900-1970) was a German woman physician and a pioneer in cosmetic surgery, especially breast reconstructive surgery, conducted clinical training at Lexer Clinic in Freiburg; employed as a dermatologist at Catherine's Hospital in Stuttgart; bought a small surgical hospital (c. 1928); involved in the German movement (early 1930s) for legal abortion and improved birth control accessibility; convicted of high treason by Nazis but escaped charges after marriage to George Henry La Roe, an American; move to US (1932); pioneered an operation to graft breast tissue onto an amputated breast; founded American Society for the Reduction of Cancer Casualties (1952)".
Price: 200 USD
Location: Parkville, Maryland
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Region: North America
Features: Illustrated cover
Publisher: House of Field
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Breasts, womens' health
Year Printed: 1927
