Michael Crichton / Five Patients The Hospital Explained 1st Edition

Crichton, Michael.  Five Patients The Hospital Explained.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 First Edition, 231 pp.  Illustrated dust wrapper, jacket design by Paul Bacon, chipping to edges, creasing to flaps.  Red cloth with gilt titles.  This was the author's first non-fiction book based on five patients at Mass. General Hospital.  First Edition, 231 pages with afterword, bibliography, glossary, medical history, and commentary.  Edges rubbed, light soiling.  

This is a highly collectible true first printing of Michael Crichton's very first non-fiction book. Written while Crichton was still a medical student at Harvard, the book follows the real-life emergency cases of five patients at Massachusetts General Hospital. This landmark text explore themes of modern medicine, technology, and healthcare culture that Crichton would later transform into his hit television series, E.R. A foundational piece for collectors of modern first editions, sci-fi history, and antiquarian medical literature.

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