RENAUDIN, Jacques.

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L'Identification des vibrions cholériques et la prophylaxie du choléra ("The Identification of Cholera Vibrios and Cholera Prophylaxis"). First edition, first printing, with four copies traced in institutions worldwide, of this medical thesis encompassing a consideration of the pilgrimage to Mecca from a public health perspective. Chapters introduce the history of cholera outbreaks before turning to the epidemiological implications of the 1930 hajj. Discussion of symptoms is followed by an account of the cholera vibrios found at the El Tor pilgrim quarantine camp.The author submitted this study to satisfy the requirements for his French medical doctorate.Copies can be found at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Zentralbibliothek Zurich, University of Strasbourg, and Leipzig University.

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