[Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene]

Madras: Printed and Published at the American Mission Press, For the American Missions in Ceylon and South India, 1857. Unknown.. Original blind stamped, horizontally ribbed, pale pink cloth.. Fine; trifle sunned.. 12mo, 206 [4] pp. The text is illustrated throughout. There is one leaf [2 pp.] of errata loosely inserted that is included in the page count. The text is in Sinhalese throughout.

The Preface is signed in type S.F.G.; being S F Green who identifies himself through his location in Jaffna, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. The book is based on a free translation of an earlier work by Dr. Calvin Cutter. It is meant to provide basic medical knowledge and a clear idea of the structures of the human body and how the body functions. Portions of the text on individual organs and subjects were reprinted as individual pamphlets in 1877 at the mission press in Jaffna.