Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2186.5

EDMUND CHARLES WENDT (1857-1903). A treatise on Asiatic cholera New York: W. Wood, 1885. 1st xiii, 403 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates (1 folded); 24 cm

Edmund Charles Wendt was a pathologist at the St. Francis Hospital and the New York Infant Asylum. He worked with renowned epidemiologist and homeopathic physician John C. Peters to produce this volume, which includes a fold-out world map by Peters showing the spread of cholera across the globe. The book gives a history of famous cholera epidemics, theories of its bacterial causes, its symptoms, diagnosis, and instructions on prevention and treatment.