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SUNDBERG, John C. Health Hints For Travelers.
Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1884. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, vi, 7-61pp. A fine copy.
In his short preface Dr. Sundberg notes ‘The object of this book is to teach the traveler to keep himself well, and to help others who are less fortunate....Having traveled myself in almost every climate, and in every quarter of the globe, my experience and my profession have induced me to set forth in plain and brief language a number of suggestions which it will be worth while for travelers to remember.' Chapters include: hints about eating and drinking; washing and bathing; hygiene of railway travelling; travelling in search of health; to avoid taking contagious diseases; sunstroke and heatstroke; poisonous bites and stings; etc.