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Historical Bibliography Updated: August 10, 2021

Observations on the changes of the air and the concomitant epidemical diseases, in the Island of Barbados.

Publication Details

London: C. Hitch & L. Hawes, 1759 CE.

Hillary included good accounts of lead colic and infective hepatitis, and probably the first description of sprue (celiac disease).

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Entry Number#1770
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3314
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLobservations-on-the-changes-of-the-air-and-the-concomitant-epidemical-diseases-in-the-island-of-barbados

Geographic Context

Publication place: London