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STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE; EMBRACING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, FROM JANUARY, 1855 TO JANUARY 1860; Prepared Under the Direction of Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Lawson, Surgeon General United States Army
by Coolidge, Richard H. (M.D.)
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Washington DC: George W. Bowman, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 11.8 in. x 9 in., Stamped dark brown cloth. Shelfwear, faded lettering to spine, worn corners. VERY solidly bound. pp. 515. CONTENTS at rear. Illustrated with fold-out color map (16.25 in x 22 in.) Full color folding map at rear: MAP OF THE UNITED STATES EXHIBITING THE MILITARY DEPTS AND POSTS 1860 (Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 52, 1st Sess. 36th Cong.) Ex-Reference Library copy with usual markings. Dark brown pebbled cloth stamped in blind with elaborate frame design to front and back. Gilt title and embossed design in blind to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners exposed. Foxing to endpapers, and light foxing to map and throughout. Shows evidence of rebacking with original spine laid down. Solid reference work. Surgeon-General's Report covering all means and manner of mortality (fevers, digestive, respiratory, rheumatism.etc.) amongst U.S. Troops. Divided into Northern Division; Middle Division; Southern Division; Florida; Texas; New Mexico; California; Oregon, and Washington Territory; Utah. Includes Consolidated Abstract and Tables exhabiting amount and annual ratio of sickness and mortality in each region,
This copy previously an uncirculating copy owned by the Sondley Reference Library, City of Asheville, North Carolina.
This copy previously an uncirculating copy owned by the Sondley Reference Library, City of Asheville, North Carolina.
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- Title
- STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE; EMBRACING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, FROM JANUARY, 1855 TO JANUARY 1860; Prepared Under the Direction of Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Lawson, Surgeon General United States Army
- Author
- Coolidge, Richard H. (M.D.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George W. Bowman
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- U.S. Military History; Disease in U.S. Military, mid 19th century.
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- Western Americana;
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