Between the Covers

Hardcover. Mimeographed thesis. Folio. Each chapter with separate pagination, approximately 300 leaves printed rectos only. Half morocco gilt and cloth. Joints worn but firm, rubbing at the extremities, very good or better; internally fine, a handsome copy. Detailed criticism of a dozen English authors including Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and George Eliot. Curiously, the last chapter is titled: "The Development of Personality from an Antaomical Standpoint." Throckmorton was a noted female polymath, earning her M.A. with this thesis after she had already achieved her M.D. and was currently practicing alongside her father, who was himself a pioneering physician in Iowa. She lectured for the Iowa Department of Health on the subject of venereal diseases, and later was the librarian of the Iowa State Medical Library, as well as being an accomplished violinist, exhibited quilter, gardener, and antiquarian. *OCLC* locates no copies.

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