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Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt : during the years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission ; also through Germany, Holland, &c. on the return to England ; to which are annexed, observations on the plague, and on the diseases prevalent in Turkey, and a meteorological journal
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Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt : during the years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission ; also through Germany, Holland, &c. on the return to England ; to which are annexed, observations on the plague, and on the diseases prevalent in Turkey, and a meteorological journal / by William Wittman, M.D.
Published
Philadelphia : Published and sold by James Humphreys, and by Conrad and Co., 1804.
Physical Description
426, [6] pages : incl. tables ; 23 cm
Notes
Appendix: Medical journal. Syria and Egypt, from July 1800, to March 1802: p. [353]-375; Historical journal of plague: p. 376-390; On ophthalmia: p. 391-397; Meteorological journal: p. [399-417].
Half title reads: Dr. Wittman's travels.
Includes index and publisher's catalog.
First published in London in 1803.
Author's death date from 1971 NY Times Arno Press reprint of 1803 book; other sources note that he died from injuries suffered in the Battle of Waterloo.
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Language
English
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June 01, 2002
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