By Otto L. Bettmann, The Bettmann Archive, New York, New York. With a Foreword by Philip S. Hench Using pictures selected from the famous Bettmann Archive, this book illustrates and narrates the history of medicine from Egypt and the ancient East through the Nineteenth Century. The text graphically depicts the great physicians, the key inventions and the crucial discoveries of medicine. Each medical landmark is presented in a compact pictorial unit which delineates the technical perspective and relates the healing arts to their concurrent cultural movements. This book has been universally acclaimed by both the lay press and professional journals. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics said, "Perhaps nowhere else can one obtain so clearly and quickly a broad grasp of medical history." The New York Times concurred: "Certainly one of the most vivid presentations of the history of medicine."

A Pictorial History of Medicine: A Brief, Nontechnical Survey of the Healing Arts from Aesculapius to Ehrlich, Retelling With the Aid of Select Illus

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Bettmann, Otto L.

History

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Johann Sebastian Bach: As His World Knew Him

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Citadel Pr

Offers a collection of quotes, essays, and anecdotes, ranging from Victor Hugo to Winston Churchill

The Delights of Reading: Quotes, Notes & Anecdotes

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

David R Godine Pub

Bach, the "holy cantor" church musician, has been often described in books. But the real Bach, the "eminently astute manager of his life," is frequently buried in endless, uninteresting detail. In contrast, Dr. Otto Bettmann's new book, Johann Sebastian Bach: As His World Knew Him, shows Bach with all his human qualities: the capable management of his vast family - two wives and twenty children - Bach's humor, his considerable business acumen, the all too human touches of eroticism, even his attitude toward death. With illustrations throughout and organized as an A to Z compendium of Bach's life and his glorious music, this book covers every significant subject about the master, including his faith and secretiveness, his interests in numerology and calligraphy, his roles as cantor and capellmeister, and more. Bettmann explains why for nearly eighty years after the death of the world's greatest composer, Bach sank into oblivion.

Johann Sebastian Bach As His World Knew Him

Arts & Photography

Music

Birch Lane Pr

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