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Manual de Higiene Militar
by Escobar, Alberto
- Used
- Condition
- Good plus.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Mexico City: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante, 1887. Good plus.. vi,216pp., plus folding plate. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Spine and edges somewhat worn; boards scuffed. Even tanning, occasional faint foxing. Folding plate with some heavier toning in places. Uncommon medical manual on military hygiene by Alberto Escobar, a 19th-century Mexican army doctor and faculty member of two teaching hospitals in Mexico City. In addition to correct personal care, the volume also contains sections on care for uniform and other army clothing, proper food storage and preparation, water and alcohol consumption, and a comparison of hygiene practices during peace and war times. The folding plate at the rear contains an amalgam of nineteen figures referenced in the text. OCLC locates three copies, at Dartmouth, UT Austin, and the BNM.
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- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2960
- Title
- Manual de Higiene Militar
- Author
- Escobar, Alberto
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante
- Place of Publication
- Mexico City
- Date Published
- 1887
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About the Seller
McBride Rare Books
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Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
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