Sketches of the Medical Topography of the Mediterranean e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT is not necessary, in this place, to point out the importance of the study of medical topography, or to enlarge upon the value of an acquaintance with all those external circum stances which influence the health of the inhabitants of any! Given country or district. If we except a knowledge of the symptoms of diseases, and the powers of the remedies used to combat them, there is, perhaps, no one species of information of greater importance to the medical practitioner than/ that which teaches the effects of climate, locality, and other external causes upon the health of man.