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The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent
Alexander, 1715?-1768 Russell
Alexander Russell watched the weather, diseases, and daily life of an ancient Syrian city for years. His natural history of Aleppo moves month by month through the climate and the epidemics, blending medicine, meteorology, and observation. Detailed, humane, and richly local. A classic account of a great Levantine city and its natural setting. Spend a year in old Aleppo with a watchful physician.
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42 chapters
- 1A DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY of ALEPPO, AND THE PARTS ADJACENT.
- 2PART I.
- 3PART II. OBSERVATIONS on the Epidemical Diseases in the City of Aleppo.
- 4CHAP. I. Observations on the Weather in General.
- 5JANUARY.
- 6FEBRUARY.
- 7MARCH.
- 8APRIL.
- 9MAY.
- 10JUNE.
- 11JULY.
- 12AUGUST.
- 13SEPTEMBER.
- 14OCTOBER.
- 15NOVEMBER.
- 16DECEMBER.
- 17CHAP. II. Of the Weather from the Year 1742 to 1747, and of the Years 1752 and 1753.
- 18A. D. MDCCXLII.
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