Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans in that climate : also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies / John Hunter.

  • Hunter, John, -1809.
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1808
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    March 10th, 1796. In this second edition there is no material alteration from the first; for that containing the result of my observations while in Ja- maica, and not having had any opportunities, since I left the island, of extending my know- ledge of the diseases chiefly treated of in this volume by personal experience, it must be obvious that there could not be much ground for alteration. Such illustrations and additions as there was room for making, I have subjoined in the form of notes in an Appendix. June 24th, 1808. Since the first edition of this Book, published twenty years ago, numerous works on West India Diseases have been given to the public, and some of them by Authors, who have had the most ample means of acquiring a knowledge