BOUDIN, Jean-Christian-Marc.

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Traité de géographie et de statistique médicales et des maladies endémiques. First edition of this summative work by "the father of French medical geography" (Lainé, p. 212), synthesizing 15 years of research on the relationship of human health to environment. Maps and charts illustrate select results, including seasonal morbidity and mortality, and case studies such as the epidemiology of lightning strike injuries.Boudin (1806-1867) served as a military surgeon during French campaigns in Spain, Greece, and Algeria. His records kept during those campaigns of the altitude, geology, humidity, weather, and local diseases presented an innovative data set on the bioclimatology of the Mediterranean, and drove his formulation of efficient new medical statistics.

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