Author: Haurowi[t]z, H[arry Valentin von].
Title: Topographisch-medicinische Beobachtungen über en südlichen Theil des Saratowschen Gouvernements von H. Haurowiz.
Description: Sankt-Petersburg, Gedruckt bei Eduard Pratz & Komp., 1836. VIII,237,[3] pp. Rebound modern h.calf, gilt lettered on spine, marbled boards. 8vo. - Edges of pages not trimmed (as issued); part of the first 56 pages with a brown stain along the outer edge.Extremely rare publication by Harry Valentin von Haurowitz (December 18, 1799 in Schleswig - July 6, 1882 in Gmunden, Austria) from the library of the Dutch geographer Willem “Wim” van Spengen (1949-2013). This work is very rarely for sale. Only fifteen copies recorded in Worldcat. - - Haurowitz, a German doctor, studied medicine in Copenhagen from 1817, made a trip to the West Indies as a ship's doctor on the corvette Diana from 1821-22, completed his studies after this and entered Russian services in 1825 and worked for six years as a governorate doctor in the Saratov Governorate. He was then appointed to the cadet corps in Tsarskoye Selo as a medical officer and, as the personal physician of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Romanov, came into closer contact with the navy, whose medical services he had to reform. He became General Inspector of Medical Services in the Russian Navy, retired in 1864, but remained in close contact with the imperial family, later moved to Vienna and died on July 6, 1882 in Gmunden.

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