New York [1936], Norton. Brown cloth, very good, edges black felt marked, contents clean, as is, 544p., index, end paper map. This is the autobiography of a physican's world-wide work for the Rockefeller Foundation. The author was the Director of the East of the International Health Board, he was stat- ioned for many years in the Philippines, Siam, Japan, Ceylon Fiji & many other Far Eastern countries. He fought cholera, small pox, beriberi, dysentery and other diseases. This is a very personal narrative, loaded with keen insights to the land & people, customs and humanism. A great primary resour- ce with commentaries on his life and work also in Borneo, India, Malaya, Java &c. Nicely written, lucid, with letters from John D. Rockefeller included. .

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Bookseller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (US)
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Title: AN AMERICAN DOCTOR'S ODYSSEY: Adventures in Forty-Five Countries.
Author: HEISER, Victor
Book Condition: Used -
Binding: Hardcover
Keywords: Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; Philippines:eclectica On The Islands, People, Culture, History &c...; Siam & Thailand: All Items Related To This Country & Its Culture; Ceylon [sri Lanka];

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