Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 235–39.

Perils of the War of Independence in South America

Anon

Genre:

Review

Publications reviewed:

Miller 1828

Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Meteorology, Electricity


    Part of a lengthy extract describes the 'difficulty of respiration' experienced in regions of the Andes, which is attributed to 'occasional exhalations of metalliferous vapour', and details its treatment by 'opening the temporal artery' (238).



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