The diseases incident to armies. With the method of cure. / Translated from the original of Baron Van Swieten, physician to their Imperial Majesties. ; To which are added; The nature and treatment of gun-shot wounds. By John Ranby, Esq.; surgeon general to the British Army. ; Likewise, some brief directions, to be observed by sea surgeons in engagements. ; Also, preventatives of the scurvy at sea. By William Northcote surgeon, many years in the sea-service. ; Published, for the use of military, and naval surgeons in America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772, author.

Contributor:

Northcote, William, -1783?

Ranby, John, 1703-1773.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15611.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armies--Medical and sanitary affairs.

Armies.

Medicine, Military.

Medicine, Naval.

Surgery, Naval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 id est, 166 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Philadelphia, printed : Boston re-printed by E. Draper, for J. Douglass M'Dougall, opposite the Old-South Meeting-House, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Error in paging: page number 101 omitted from pagination.

"Extracts from the marine practice of physic and surgery. ... By William Northcote, surgeon ... Including, The nature and treatment of gun-shot wounds. By John Ranby, Esq. ..."--p. [116]-167, with separate title page.

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Cited in:

Evans 15611

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1844

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