IMAGE 27: Note the broad range of territories included under ‘all tropical climates’, including China and the Mediterranean. Title Page, R. W. Bampfield, A practical essay on hemeralopia, or night-blindness, commonly called nyctalopia : as it affects seamen and others, in the East and West Indies, China, the Mediterranean, and all tropical climates ; in which a successful method of curing the disease is detailed ([London]: [Printed by G. Woodfall], 1812). Note: “Extract from the fifth volume of the Medico-chirurgical transactions” (1814). Physical Description: pages [32]-66 ; 8vo (22 cm). Shelfmark: 52887/P. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.

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