THE QUALITY OF MERCY - The Lives of Sir James and Lady Cantlie,
by Jean Cantlie Stewart
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Jacket has short repaired tear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin, Museum Street, London - 1983 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Jacket has short repaired tear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This biography of James Cantlie, doctor, surgeon, founder of civilian first aid and specialist in tropical diseases, to whom the first President of China, Sun Yat Sen, owed his life. It is set in the second half of the 19th and first quarter of the 20th century. The growth of new hospitals; the start of first aid in the mines and streets of Britain; the rise of the Voluntary Aid Societies and the raising by Cantlie of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps - all these are portrayed in lively and human style. Includes over 20 b&w photographs, epilogue, notes, bibliography and index.
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- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41556
- Title
- THE QUALITY OF MERCY - The Lives of Sir James and Lady Cantlie,
- Author
- Jean Cantlie Stewart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Jacket has short repaired tear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin, Museum Street, London -
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 278 pages
- Keywords
- Biography Sir James Cantlie Lady Cantlie Health China Voluntary Aid Societies Volunteer Medical Staff Corps
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