Transactions of the Hongkong Medical Society. Volume 1 (all printed).

First and only edition. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, a close to fine copy. viii, 264 [ii](index)pp. Hongkong, Kelly & Walsh, 

The Hongkong Medical Society was founded in 1886 with Sir Patrick Manson as the president. Its focus was very much on dealing with local diseases as well as providing medical care for the poor. Includes the following articles: Cocaine - its uses in minor surgery by J. Milford Atkinson, Malarial Fevers of Hongkong by W. Watson Pike; The Telluric Causation of Disease by T.J. Preston; On Some Cases of Lymphatic Obstruction occurring among the Detachment of Royal Marines at Fort Hamilton, Corea by Surgeon A.J. Wildey; Abscess of the Liver by Patrick Manson; Notes on a case of Raynaud's Disease by J.B. Adam; Endemic Haemoptysis by Patrick Manson; A Treatment of Intestinal Flux by Patrick Manson; A Case of Aneurismal Varix by Gregory P. Jordan. Surgeon A. De C. Scanlan An Epidemic Hospital For Hong Kong. Patrick Manson, The Operative Treatment of Elephantiasis of the Scrotum. Uncommon. 

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