Report of the Surgeon-General, U.S. Navy, Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, to the Secretary of the Navy. 1898
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. Good. Item #27279
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue printed card wrappers; 209pp.; tables and charts throughout. Wrappers rather brittle and chipped at extremities with some old, partially-perished tape repair at spine ends, contemporary ownership signature to front cover, front hinge cracked, loss to bottom fore-edge corner of rear wrapper and final leaf of text, not affecting text; Good only overall.
Spanish-American War-era report by Surgeon-General William K. Van Reypen covering the yellow fever outbreak in Florida as well as surgical and sanitary notes from the various ships and hospitals in use.
Price: $125.00