A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, With Some Observations on the Intermitting Fever of America
- Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795
Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795. Very Good. Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795. First American Edition. 12mo; full modern blind-paneled calf, red gilt spine label, new endpapers; xi,[1],276,19,[5]pp. (collated complete, retaining half title page and four pages of publisher's ads). Textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, sound copy in sturdy new binding.
First work published by the young British doctor Robert Jackson, future inspector-general of army hospitals, who began his medical career as an assistant in Jamaica from 1774 to 1782. The work was first published in London in 1791 before appearing on this side of the Atlantic.
AUSTIN 1040; EVANS 28890.
First work published by the young British doctor Robert Jackson, future inspector-general of army hospitals, who began his medical career as an assistant in Jamaica from 1774 to 1782. The work was first published in London in 1791 before appearing on this side of the Atlantic.
AUSTIN 1040; EVANS 28890.