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Observations on the changes of the air and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbados, 1752-1758
- Title
- Observations on the changes of the air and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbados, 1752-1758 / William Hillary ; edited and annotated by J. Edward Hutson and Henry S. Fraser.
- Author
- Hillary, William, -1763.
- Publication
- Kingston, Jamaica : University of West Indies Press, ©2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RA816.B4 H6 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiii, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Observations on the changes of the air and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbados, to which is added a treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the yellow fever; and such other diseases as are indigenous or endemial, in the West India Islands, or in the Torrid Zone -- pt. 2. A treatise on such diseases as are the most frequent in, or are peculiar to, the West-India Islands, or the Torrid-Zone, both acute and chronical -- putrid bilius fever, commonly called the yellow fever -- dry gripes, or dry belly-ache -- dysentery -- opisthotonos and tetany -- rabies canina, or madness from the bite of mad animals -- chronical diseases -- nyctalopia, or night-blindness -- elephantiasis -- vena medinensis, dracunculus, or guinea-worm -- leprosy of the Arabians -- leprosy of the joints -- yaws -- impetigo or ring-worm.
- ISBN
- 9789766402631
- 9766402639
- LCCN
- 2012424478
- OCLC
- ocn755705080
- 755705080
- SCSB-14650639
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library