George Urdang (1882-1960): Images from His Life and Work

Author: Holger Goetzendorff
Publisher: Buchdruckerei des Waisenhauses in den Franckeschen Stiftungen
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 128
AIHP#: BKS06
Price: $20.00 ($12.00 for members)

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Introduction:

This work tries to support the interest in the history of pharmacy of a certain period of time by illustrations that were not seen before in their entirety and this connection… This illustrations in this book try to create a three-dimensional pictures pf Urdang’s time. The visualization of that period of this history of pharmacy using modern media could increase the appeal of the history of pharmacy.

Table of Contents:

Foreword, by Glenn Sonnedecker (page 3)
Introduction (page 5)
Urdang seen by H. George Wolfe (page 5)
Urdang Nowadays (page 7)
A Survey of Urdang’s Work (page 8)
Urdang’s Curriculum Vitae (page 22)
German Translation (page 24)
Illustrations (page 44)
Chapter I – The Pharmacist (page 45)
Chapter II – The Editor (page 61)
Chapter III – The Emigrant (page 91)
Chapter IV – The Professor (page 127)
Chapter V – The Supervisor (page 145)
Chapter VI – The Successors (page 187)
Particulars and Autographs (page 218)
Plates (page 236)
Index (page 247)
Bibliography (page 255)

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