Author: SCHWEITZER, ALBERT
Title: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest
Description: London, United Kingdom, Adam & Charles Black. 1954, Re-Issue. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1922. Schweitzer describes how he and his wife, a qualified nurse, worked to establish a hospital in the steaming jungle at Lambarene. At first they treated patients in the open air, amid unbelievably primitive conditions-with few drugs, medicines, or adequate instruments. But they worked tirelessly, caring for as many as forty cases a day, battling the misery caused by sleeping sickness, leprosy, pestilence, and plague. They gradually built a more permanent hospital to alleviate the terrible suffering of the Congo people. CONDITION Yellow bds with Green titles and illus (clean and unworn) 128 pages with photo illus at frontis of author. Internally as bright and crisp as new, small presentation plate to ffep and light toning to eps. DJ is rubbed with small chip to spine head. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: African History


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