The diseases incident to armies, with the method of cure / Translated from the original of Baron Van Swieten ... to which are added the nature and treatment of gun-shot wounds, by John Ranby ... Likewise some brief directions to be observed by sea surgeons in engagements. Also preventatives of the scurvy at sea, by William Northcote ... Published, for the use of military, and naval surgeon [sic] in America.

  • Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772
Date:
1776
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Philadelphia : R. Bell, 1776.

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164 pages ; (8vo)

References note

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Notes

Translation of Description abrégée des maladies qui régnent le plus communément dans les armées, avec la méthode de les traiter, first published in Vienna in 1759
"Extracts from The marine practice of physic and surgery. With some brief directions to be observed by sea-surgeons in engagements, &c. By William Northcote ... Including, The nature and treatment of gun-shot wounds. By John Ranby " (p. [113]-164) has special title page.

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