The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Treatment of Pulmonary Consumption

Charles Theodore Williams

Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1877

[Interesting provenance, previously owned by Dr. Seneca D. Powell.] Bound in publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Small tears to corners. Library stamps and markings. Contemporary signature of Powell on half title page. xii, 151 pages, 19 cm. 

An inquiry into different climates and affects on tuberculosis. 

While serving as a cadet at the University of Alabama, Powell left college to join the Confederate Army. After serving until the closing of the war he entered medical college at the University of Virginia. Dr. Powell was the professor of surgery at the Bellevue Hospital.