Five Years Of Medical Observations In The Colonies Of The Russian-American Company By Staff Physician Romanowsky And Dr. Frankenhauser. Part 1 & 2.

Description: 

Two physicians of the Russian-American Company reported on their medical observations from 1840 - 1850. This article is a translation of Part 1 and Part 2. Part I contains a first-person account describing the endemic plagues, syphilitic maladies, and smallpox vaccinations. Part II continues the descriptions and adds information about tuberculosis and children's diseases. Original Russian translated by L. Browning for this article. Sketches. Tables. Graphics are of poor quality. Browning L [translator].

People: 
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Demographics, Diseases, Western Treatment
Original Date Description: 
March 1962 (Part 1) and September 1962 (Part 2)
Original Date: 
1962
Creator: 
Romanowsky P, Frankenhauser E
Contributor: 
Browning L
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Records indicate that the UNM Health Sciences Library owns a copy of this item, but there may be a need to clear rights with a copyright holder prior to sharing with the public.
Source: 
Alaska Medicine 1962;4:33-37, 62-65
Identifier: 
9902870
Subject: 
Cause of Death, Climate, Common Cold, Fractures, Diarrhea, Parotitis, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism, skin diseases, Smallpox, Syphilis, Tuberculosis, Vaccination
Type: 
Monograph