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- 1938. NY: The Macmillan Company.
- (xxi), 744 pp. complete. 8vo. 9½ x 6½ inches (24 cm).
- Illustrated with photographs, charts, tables (including one fold-out).
- Second Edition, completely rewritten and reset. Second printing thus.
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- Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Original publisher's black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and embossed title on front cover.
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- Jacket has some small chips, tears and light tanning/soiling. Covers show some light wear and a couple bumped corners. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. The book is clean with no underlining or marginalia.
[Cardiovascular Medicine - Surgery] [Macmillan Medical Monographs]
Paul Dudley White (June 6, 1886 – October 31, 1973), American physician and cardiologist.
Paul Dudley White is viewed by most medical authorities as the founder of preventive cardiology. Appointed as President Dwight D. Eisenhower's physician following his heart attack in 1955, White was a pioneer in the use of the electrocardiogram and a staunch advocate of exercise, diet, and weight control in the prevention of heart disease. In 1924, he was one of the founders of the American Heart Association and became the organization's president in 1941. He was a moving force in the creation of the International Association of Cardiology, and later the International Cardiology Foundation. In 1949, he was named executive director of the National Advisory Heart Council. He was the chief consultant to the National Heart Institute from 1948 to 1955 and was a major impetus in the Framingham Heart Study, which was the first major epidemiologic work to identify risk factors in coronary artery disease. He was also influential in the American Red Cross and in establishing the National Institutes of Health.
White received many international honors and was instrumental in establishing cardiology organizations throughout the world, even in the People's Republic of China, which he was one of the first American physicians to visit. He also established a connection with Alexander Filipovich Samoilov, a Soviet physiologist who shared White's interest in the electrophysiology of the heart. White was one of the founders of the International Society of Cardiology in 1946, helped to organize its first World Congress of Cardiology four years later in Paris, and presided over the second World Congress in Washington in 1954.
White was a staunch advocate of the belief that lifestyle affected coronary artery disease. He was one of the first authorities to recognize that coronary artery disease could occur in young men, writing several papers on the subject. In keeping with his beliefs, he was a vigorous walker and bicycle rider and walked, on one occasion, from Washington National Airport to the White House to consult with President Eisenhower. Reportedly, his positive approach inspired Lyndon B. Johnson to return to the Senate in 1955 after his heart attack and later to become Vice President.
In his later years, White continued to travel and to speak about heart disease and, increasingly, about his concern for world peace.
White died in Boston following a second stroke. He was to have received the Herrick Award from the American Heart Association, but died before that honor could be bestowed. A memorial service was held in the Harvard Memorial Church the next month; there, J. Willis Hurst, M.D., a former student of White's, delivered a eulogy entitled "I'm Not Through Yet."
The United States Postal Service honored White with a 3-cent postage stamp in 1986, still on sale today. The 17-mile bike path around the Charles River in Boston bears his name. - Full Wikipedia article here.
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