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LIND, James. An Essay on Diseases incidental to Europeans in hot Climates, [London: T. Beckett & P. A. de Hondt, 1768], 8°, FIRST EDITION (title torn with loss of imprint and part of subtitle, also soiled and laid down, D5-6 almost detached, H6 severely torn, a few marginal tears, soiled), contemporary half calf (worn), inscription of the Medical Society Edinburgh to title. [Blake p. 271; GM 2264; Norman 1356; Wellcome III, 520] -- William CURRIE. An Historical Account of the Climates and Diseases of the United States of America, Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1792, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title browned, spotting and light soiling), contemporary calf (rebacked), ownership inscription of John Leibert (1792) to title, stamps of the Medical and Chirurgical Library, Faculty of Maryland. [Blake p. 106; GM 1775] With 4 other books, including John Rutty's A Chronological History of the Weather and Seasons, and of the prevailing Diseases in Dublin (first edition, London, 1770), James Johnson's The Influence of Tropical Climates, more especially the Climate of India on European Constitutions (London, 1815), and George Cleghorn's Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca from the Year 1744 to 1749 (London, 1768). (6)

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LIND, James. An Essay on Diseases incidental to Europeans in hot Climates, [London: T. Beckett & P. A. de Hondt, 1768], 8°, FIRST EDITION (title torn with loss of imprint and part of subtitle, also soiled and laid down, D5-6 almost detached, H6 severely torn, a few marginal tears, soiled), contemporary half calf (worn), inscription of the Medical Society Edinburgh to title. [Blake p. 271; GM 2264; Norman 1356; Wellcome III, 520] -- William CURRIE. An Historical Account of the Climates and Diseases of the United States of America, Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1792, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title browned, spotting and light soiling), contemporary calf (rebacked), ownership inscription of John Leibert (1792) to title, stamps of the Medical and Chirurgical Library, Faculty of Maryland. [Blake p. 106; GM 1775] With 4 other books, including John Rutty's A Chronological History of the Weather and Seasons, and of the prevailing Diseases in Dublin (first edition, London, 1770), James Johnson's The Influence of Tropical Climates, more especially the Climate of India on European Constitutions (London, 1815), and George Cleghorn's Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca from the Year 1744 to 1749 (London, 1768). (6)

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Lind's important Essay on Diseases is described by Norman as the author's "last major work, written for travellers and emigrants to tropical countries; it remained the standard work in English on tropical medicine for half a century. He came near to discovering the connection between malaria and mosquitoes."