Walter Clement Alvarez
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American physician, 1884-1978.
Biography of Walter Clement Alvarez
We thank Grace E. Jacobs and Patrick Jucker-Kupper for information submitted.
Bibliography
- The mechanics of the digestive tract. New York, P. H. Hoeber, 1922.
Includes (page 111) his smooth diet for duodenal ulcer.
- An introduction to gastro-enterology, being the 3. ed. of the Mechanics of the digestive tract.
New York, Hoeber, 1940. 778 pages. 4th edition, New York, 1948. 903 pages.
- Nervousness, indigestion and pain.
New York, Hoeber, 1943. 488 pages.
- Nerves in collision. New York, Pyramid House, 1972.
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