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Auction archive: Lot number 33

The Nine Hole Cure for Heart Disease

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$900
Auction archive: Lot number 33

The Nine Hole Cure for Heart Disease

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$900
Beschreibung:

Title: The Nine Hole Cure for Heart Disease Author: Bishop, Louis Faugères, M.D. Place: Publisher: Medical Journal and Record Publishing Company Inc. Date: 1934 Description: 4 pp. 20.3x13.3 cm. (8x5"), original tan saddle-stitched wrappers printed in black. Reprinted from the Medical Record, September 5, 1934. With a Yale University Library rubberstamp dated Dec 13, 1934 on front wrapper. In this short article Dr. Bishop of New York advocates golf as a good form of moderate exercise to those who suffer from heart trouble. Yet, "Because the patient finds himself benefited by nine holes of golf on a level links, such as that of the east course at the Maidstone Club, at Easthampton, Long Island, he must not conclude that he will derive four times the benefit from thirty-six holes. It is better to play nine holes today and nine holes tomorrow...and tomorrow find oneself playing on that famous course on the Stygian Fields..." D&J B16810. No copies found by OCLC / Worldcat. Lot Amendments Condition: A few pencil notes on front cover (from library); else near fine. Item number: 228423

Auction archive: Lot number 33
Auction:
Datum:
16 Aug 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Nine Hole Cure for Heart Disease Author: Bishop, Louis Faugères, M.D. Place: Publisher: Medical Journal and Record Publishing Company Inc. Date: 1934 Description: 4 pp. 20.3x13.3 cm. (8x5"), original tan saddle-stitched wrappers printed in black. Reprinted from the Medical Record, September 5, 1934. With a Yale University Library rubberstamp dated Dec 13, 1934 on front wrapper. In this short article Dr. Bishop of New York advocates golf as a good form of moderate exercise to those who suffer from heart trouble. Yet, "Because the patient finds himself benefited by nine holes of golf on a level links, such as that of the east course at the Maidstone Club, at Easthampton, Long Island, he must not conclude that he will derive four times the benefit from thirty-six holes. It is better to play nine holes today and nine holes tomorrow...and tomorrow find oneself playing on that famous course on the Stygian Fields..." D&J B16810. No copies found by OCLC / Worldcat. Lot Amendments Condition: A few pencil notes on front cover (from library); else near fine. Item number: 228423

Auction archive: Lot number 33
Auction:
Datum:
16 Aug 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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