The primary objective of the manual is concise presentation of the cause epidemiology pathology clinical characteristics diagnosis treatment and prophylaxis of certain diseases of tropical and temperate climates as pointed out in the preface to this third edition bacterial parasitic viral rickettsial mycotic and nutritional diseases constitute significant problems in the practice of medicine in any clime the authors have compiled pertinent information about the major infectious . Manual of tropical medicine philadelphia saunders 1960 ocolc599539441 online version hunter george w george william 1902 manual of tropical medicine philadelphia saunders 1960 ocolc609238587 document type book all authors contributors george w hunter thomas t mackie. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 127k or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Soldiers and scientists together made successful advances in the philippine islands cuba and the panama canal zone during world war ii military activity in the south pacific africa and the china burma india theater was another major stimulus to the development of tropical medicine manuals and textbooks with a concise