Treatise on Yellow Fever, As It Appeared in Island of Dominica, in - To Which Are Added, Observations on Bilious Remittent Fever, on

Klappentext A 1797 account by a British doctor in Dominica who treated patients during a severe outbreak of yellow fever. Zusammenfassung James Clark (c.1737–1819) was a British physician who practised medicine on the Caribbean island of Dominica for many years. In 1793 there was a deadly and widespread outbreak of yellow fever. Clark published this account in 1797, discussing the disease's possible causes and treatments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication; Preface; Part I. The Yellow Fever: 1. History of the yellow fever; 2. Of the method of prevention; 3. The remote causes; Part II. Of the Bilious Remittent Fever: 1. The cause and symptoms of this disease; 2. Of intermittent fevers; 3. Of the typhus fever; 4. Of the dysentery; 5. Of the dry belly-ache; 6. Of the cholera morbus; 7. Of the tetanus, or locked jaw; Of the chemical analysis and medicinal properties of the hot mineral waters in the island of Dominica.

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• Authors: James Clark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108065542
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06554-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Dominica, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Infectious & contagious diseases, Infectious and contagious diseases, C 1700 To C 1800