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050 4 _aRC212.D6
_bC53 1797
082 0 4 _a616.9/1854
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100 1 _aClark, James,
_d-1819,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA Treatise on the Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the Years 1793-4-5-6 :
_bTo Which Are Added, Observations on the Bilious Remittent Fever, on Intermittents, Dysentery, and Some Other West India Diseases /
_cJames Clark.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1797.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 168 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. History of medicine
520 _aIn 1793, the Caribbean island of Dominica fell victim to the deadly yellow fever virus. The British physician James Clark (c.1737-1819), who practised on the island for many years, witnessed the outbreak at first hand. He published this descriptive account in 1797, using the work to discuss his methods of attempting to treat the disease, which was considered among the most lethal tropical ailments of the time. Long before the link between mosquitoes and disease transmission was made, Clark explains his hypothesis about the origins of the outbreak and discusses the symptoms of its sufferers as well as possible methods of prevention. He also includes chapters addressing other ailments, including typhus, dysentery, cholera and tetanus. This remains an enlightening resource in the history of the understanding and treatment of disease in tropical climates.
650 0 _aYellow fever
_zDominica
_vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 _aDiseases
_zWest Indies
_vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 _aTherapeutics
_vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 _aMineral waters
_zDominica
_vEarly works to 1800.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108065542
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pHistory of medicine.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325029
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