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Macculloch's tudy of Marsh Fever & Neuralgia 1830

Title: An Essay on the Remittent and Intermittent Diseases, including, Generically Marsh Fever and Neuralgia...
Author: MacCulloch, John
Description: 474 pp. 8½x5, period speckled sheep, spine expertly repaired with new morocco label. First American Edition.Macculloch links tropical diseases, particularly malaria and marsh fever, with other ailments, with the causes of disease also linked to social environment and social class. Problems with the teeth are also seen to be related to neuralgia, as well as to malaria. Ink ownership signature of Albert G. Welch, 1834, to front free endpaper and top of title page, with another signature eradicated.
Heading: Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: Carey & Lea
Date Published: 1830