An Account of a Visitation of the Leprous Persons in the Isle of Guadeloupe
Leprosy was a disease to be feared in the 1700s, with victims being sent to isolated living areas to minimize the chances of spreading their misfortune to their innocent neighbors. The medical community was anxious to scientifically analyze the disease to learn more about its characteristics, how it spread, the effects on the lives of its victims, and the possibilities of a cure. Doctors were often sent into the “field” to report on whatever new information they could find to help solve the problem. This article, An Account of a Visitation of the leprous Persons in the Isle of Guadaloupe: In a Letter to Mons. Damonville, Counsellor and Assistant-Judge at Martinico, and in the Office of King’s Physician at Guadeloupe, by John Andrew Peyssonel, M.D. F.R.S. Translated from the French is such a report. The paper was presented to the Royal Society of London on February 3, 1757 and subsequently published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions.
The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches and contains 10 1/2 pages of text and data. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.
Leprosy was a disease to be feared in the 1700s, with victims being sent to isolated living areas to minimize the chances of spreading their misfortune to their innocent neighbors. The medical community was anxious to scientifically analyze the disease to learn more about its characteristics, how it spread, the effects on the lives of its victims, and the possibilities of a cure. Doctors were often sent into the “field” to report on whatever new information they could find to help solve the problem. This article, An Account of a Visitation of the leprous Persons in the Isle of Guadaloupe: In a Letter to Mons. Damonville, Counsellor and Assistant-Judge at Martinico, and in the Office of King’s Physician at Guadeloupe, by John Andrew Peyssonel, M.D. F.R.S. Translated from the French is such a report. The paper was presented to the Royal Society of London on February 3, 1757 and subsequently published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions.
The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches and contains 10 1/2 pages of text and data. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.
Leprosy was a disease to be feared in the 1700s, with victims being sent to isolated living areas to minimize the chances of spreading their misfortune to their innocent neighbors. The medical community was anxious to scientifically analyze the disease to learn more about its characteristics, how it spread, the effects on the lives of its victims, and the possibilities of a cure. Doctors were often sent into the “field” to report on whatever new information they could find to help solve the problem. This article, An Account of a Visitation of the leprous Persons in the Isle of Guadaloupe: In a Letter to Mons. Damonville, Counsellor and Assistant-Judge at Martinico, and in the Office of King’s Physician at Guadeloupe, by John Andrew Peyssonel, M.D. F.R.S. Translated from the French is such a report. The paper was presented to the Royal Society of London on February 3, 1757 and subsequently published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions.
The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches and contains 10 1/2 pages of text and data. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.