A Medical and Topographical History of the Cholera Morbus, including the Mode of Prevention and Treatment. With a Report read at the Royal Academy of Medicine, at Paris, Sept. 17, 1831.
Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. vi, [5]-100 pp. Illus. with 1 folding map. Sm. 4to. Modern half calf over marbled boards. First American edition. First English translation of Scouttetten's pioneering study of the ravages of cholera. The author (1799-1871) was a famed French military surgeon, and professor at the School..... More