Mailloux, Joseph (fl. 1863), of Mauritius, physician to King Radama II of Madagascar

'Mémoire sur le choléra morbus épidémique de l'Inde, indiquant sa cause, sa nature et son origine et contenant les methodes prophylactique et curative de cette maladie.' (Translated on inside cover as: "Memorandum on Epidemic Asiatic Cholera indicating its cause, its nature, & its origin, & containing prophylactic & curative methods for this disease..."). Written while Mailloux was physician to King Radama II, and dated (f. 341) Tananarive [Madagascar], 25 April 1863. On ff. iii-vi is a dedication to Thomas Conelly Pakenham, British Consul in Madagascar, asking him to forward it to the British Government, dated Réunion, 20 December 1863.

1863

1 volume 1 volume: 330 × 230 mm., vii, 345 ff., written on the rectos only.

Presented by the DHSS, 1986.

Library stamps and labels of the Medical Department of the Privy Council Office and Local Government Board, and of the Ministry of Health.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).