Elmer Verner McCOLLUM: From Kansas Farm Boy to Scientist / Signed 1st ed 1964

by McCOLLUM, Elmer Verner

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From Kansas Farm Boy to Scientist Author: McCOLLUM, Elmer Verner Title: From Kansas Farm Boy to Scientist Publication: Lawrence, University of Kansas Press, 1964 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, xviii, 253 pages with 4 plates. Cloth; corners slightly bumped; front cover lightly marked; an excellent copy. With a lengthy inscription on the flyleaf: 'Presented to Hedley R. Marston FRS, who has given his superior mind superior nourishment; who uses solitude for constructive thought in the humanities and the sciences; whose personal attributes are worthy of imitation. A friend of the great, and great among the great, whom I am proud to call my friend. Elmer Verner McCollum'. Professor McCollum was closely connected with the founding, conduct and successes (involving trace elements) of the McCollum-Pratt Institute of the Johns Hopkins University; Hedley Ralph Marston was a (South) Australian scientist, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition and head of the team that discovered the importance of trace elements in the nutrition of ruminants. Seller ID: 27474 Subject: America, Food and Wine, Signed Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1976, is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Terms All orders ship within two business days

• Publisher: University of Kansas Press
• Year: 1964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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