A treatise on plague: dealing with the historical, epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and preventitive aspects of the disease
first edition
1905 · Cambridge
by Simpson, W. J.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905. First edition, large 8vo, xxiv, 466; original black cloth with gilt lettered spine, cloth faded and rubbed with hinges cracked but holding, library stamp on flyleaf, text clean and bright. Bookplate on front pastedown. Simpson was a pioneer of public health policy, and his book deals not only with the scientific examination of the plague itself, but also on methods of sanitation and city planning that prevent the conditions in which plague arises. (Inventory #: 46670)