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The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Clark
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781108062312
ClassificationsDewey:613.11
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 31 October 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Published in 1829, this important work raised awareness of a poorly understood topic, running to a third edition by 1841. Sir James Clark (1788-1870) had trained as a surgeon in Edinburgh and gained experience in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. During subsequent European travels, he studied the effects of climate on disease, particularly tuberculosis, and this publication represents an expanded version of his Medical Notes on Climate, Diseases, Hospitals, and Medical Schools in France, Italy, and Switzerland (1820), which is also reissued in this series. A licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians from 1826, and elected to the Royal Society in 1832, Clark became a trusted physician and friend to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection are his Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption (1835) and Memoir of John Conolly (1869).