Tropical Diseases.: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates

New York: William Wood & Company, 1898. First American edition. 8vo. Color frontispiece and one additional color plate, 88 b/w illustrations to text. xvi, [1], 605, [1] pp. Publisher's green cloth; binding cocked, foxing. With publisher's compliments slip tipped-in before the title-page First American edition of this "great work" (PMM) and a classic of modern medical literature by the father of tropical medicine and founder of the London School of Tropical Medicine, Patrick Manson (1844-1922). The work summarizes his groundbreaking discovery of mosquito-born infections and presents a practical introduction to tropical diseases. "A work founded on his large experience and numerous original researches in China" (ODNB). This American edition was published the same year as the first London edition — both editions are uncommon in the trade. Garrison-Morton notes a 16th edition of the work appearing as late as 1966.REFERENCE: Garrison-Morton 2266; PMM 388