A History of Epidemic Cholera, as it Appeared at the Baltimore City and County Alms-House, in the Summer of 1849, with Some Remarks on the Medical Topography and Diseases of this Region

Thomas Hepburn Buckler

J. Lucas, Baltimore, 1851

[Infectious Diseases: A study of an outbreak of Cholera in Baltimore in 1849] Hardcover. Blue wraps bound in. Binding shot, front wrap and one of the maps detached. Library stamps and markings. 45, [1] pages) : frontispiece, maps, plan, tables. With a folding "Ground Plan of Baltimore City and County Alms House," 30.5x33.5 cm; and a "Map of the Medical Topography of Baltimore, 1851" by William Sides, sheet size 28.5x41.5 cm.  Of the 669 inmates of the Baltimore Almshouse in 1849, 155 were afflicted with Cholera, 86 died. The source was a foul sewer line. Sabin 8917.