Malcolm Ross: Medical History of New Zealand Prior to 1860 ..., Porirua in Porirua, Wellington for sale

Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. A few small tears and creases to margins of the dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Copy number 1221 of a numbered edition, signed by the author on the copyright page. 271 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 211 x 135mm. Maori health in the early European contact period, from the time of Captain James Cook through the first half of the 19th century. Selected contents: Captain Cook; Scurvy; The First Reaction to New Zealand Botanicals; The French and New Zealand Medical History; Menzies; Savage; Monro; Huxley; Hooker; Shortland; Hobson - His Doctors, His Illness and Death; Selwyn; Military Medicine to 1845; Autopsy Reports of Early Auckland; Alcoholism; Lunacy Control; Disease of the Moriori; Diseases of the Pre-European Maori; Longevity and the Ancient Maori; Evolution of the Tohunga; The Evolution of a Herbal Pharmacopoeia in New Zealand; The Decline of the Influence of the European Doctor; Impact of the European on Maori Health. ; 8vo
Malcolm Ross: Medical History of New Zealand Prior to 1860 [Cover title:"Tangiwai: A Medical History of 19th Century New Zealand"]
Author
Malcolm Ross
Title
Medical History of New Zealand Prior to 1860 [Cover title:"Tangiwai: A Medical History of 19th Century New Zealand"]
Publisher name
Printed for the Author by Whitcoulls, Auckland
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1976
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d