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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 13, 2020

Essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants. Interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters....

Publication Details

London: T. Becket, 1769 CE.

Bancroft was an English physician who lived for many years in South America. He noted the transmission of yaws by flies (p. 385 of his book). Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5304
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6554
Author Bio LinkDictionary of National Biography ↗
External URLessay-on-the-natural-history-of-guiana-in-south-america

Geographic Context

Publication place: London