Rio de Janeiro, Gráfica Olímpia Editora, 1963. First and only English edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Anita Farquhar. Softcover. Octavo, 238 x 168 mm, 379 pp. Off-white cover and spine with author's name and book title. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography and index at the end. As the title shows, this book endeavors to show what Brazil did in matters of "tropical medicine". Here are a few chapter titles amongst the XV chapters: - Adolfo Lutz and the Bacteriological Institute of São Paulo - Vital Brazil and the Butantan Institute - Short History of Yellow Fever in Brazil - The tropical Medical Department at the Medical School of the University of Brazil - The National Institute of Rural Endemic Diseases
Reference : 0296
A few wear and tear on the covers, clean interior. The book has been printed on a nice couché paper. Not ex-library, no markings. Rare and relevant to health professionals with an interest to tropical diseases and malaria.
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