Handbook for yellow fever : describing its pathology and treatment, as observed in unintermitted practice during half a century : to which is adjoined a brief history of pestilential cholera and a method of cure, as detailed in a series of official reports made during the prevalence of the epidemic in the island of Trinidad in 1854 / by Thomas Anderson.

  • Anderson, Thomas, 1819-1874.
Date:
MDCCCLXVI [1866]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Handbook for yellow fever : describing its pathology and treatment, as observed in unintermitted practice during half a century : to which is adjoined a brief history of pestilential cholera and a method of cure, as detailed in a series of official reports made during the prevalence of the epidemic in the island of Trinidad in 1854 / by Thomas Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    PREFACE. After the lapse of nearly half a century of professional labour in this country, and now in the wane of life—though, through the blessing of God, still able to attend to my profession— I am wishful to contribute to the utmost of my humble ability to alleviate suffering humanity. With this object in view, the following Hand- book, intended to give insight into the nature of a disease mainly incidental to tropical cli- mates, and especially those of the Western World, has been indited, in the humble expec- tation that it may prove useful to Europeans— professional as well as others—visiting those parts of the hemisphere now so much facilitated by steam navigation. In carrying out this de- sign, neither profit nor fame are looked for, the