Ten Pound Island Book Company

Old, Rare And Out of Print Books, Manuscripts And Charts Pertaining To The Sea

Essai sur les maladies qui attaquent le plus communement les gens de mer … On a joint quelques observations sur la méthode la plus sûre de secourir les noyés, et de traiter les fièvres de l’Isle Saint-Domingue.

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Essai sur les maladies qui attaquent le plus communement les gens de mer … On a joint quelques observations sur la méthode la plus sûre de secourir les noyés, et de traiter les fièvres de l’Isle Saint-Domingue.
G.M. (G. Mauran).
Chez J. Mossy, ( 1766), Marseille
16.5 cm., 360 pp.
Price: $1500

Translates as “Essay on the diseases which most commonly attack seafarers, containing a short & easy method for knowing them, curing them, & even preserving them… Some observations have been added on the surest method of helping the drowned and to treat the fevers of the island of Saint-Domingue…” Treating diseases and injuries at sea, including tropical diseases, with information on hygiene aboard ship. A rare book. Bound in mottled calf with gilt lozenge of the Royal Academy of Medicine, Toulouse, on the front board. Very good condition.