Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta - With Some Remarks on Constantinople Turkey, on System of Quarantine

Klappentext A two-volume account of Malta and the Ionian islands, published in 1842 by John Davy, the army surgeon brother of Sir Humphry Davy. Zusammenfassung John Davy (1790–1868) spent years as an army surgeon, and was stationed in the Mediterranean from 1824 to 1835. He took notes on his surroundings, later published in this two-volume 1842 work. Volume 2 gives observations of society in the islands, and a view of health problems in Constantinople. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sketch of the present government of the Ionian Islands; 2. On the state of the arts in the Ionian Islands; 3. Miscellaneous notices of some of the utensils, implements, and processes in use in the Ionian Islands; 4. On the commerce of the Ionian Islands; 5. On the state of knowledge in the Ionian Islands, and on the means of education; 6. On the charitable institutions of the Ionian Islands; 7. On the character and general condition of the people of the Ionian Islands; 8. Notice of a journey through the mountainous district of Zante, in 1824; 9. Miscellaneous remarks; with extracts from journals, in farther illustration of the state of the people in the Ionian Islands; 10. On malaria and the fevers of the Ionian Islands; 11. On the fevers of Malta; 12. On the climate of the Mediterranean, in relation to pulmonary consumption; 13. Observations on quarantine; 14. On the small-pox of 1830-1, in Malta; 15. On the climate of Constantinople, and on some of the habits of the people in connexion with climate and health; 16. Notice of some of the public institutions in Constantinople, in connexion with the present state of Turkey; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Davy, Davy John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9781108042369
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04236-9
• No. of pages: 522
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe; Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Greece, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Greece