Ost Afrika : Erinnerungen und Miscellen aus dem abyssinnischen feldzüge

Abstract

DR. BECHTINGER furnishes an account in a light sketchy style of his experience in the Abyssinian campaign as an acting assistant surgeon. The contents of this work are of a very miscellaneous nature, and are not particularly well arranged, comprising scraps of information respecting the diseases of the troops, the treatment adopted for the Filaria medinensis, the Yemen ulcer, the character and habits of the Abyssinians, and the incidents of the journey. The descriptions of the scenery are few and short, and there are scarcely any observations of scientific value. We scarcely know whether the book is intended for the general or the professional reader. For the former it contains too much medicine and surgery; for the latter it is almost worthless, and we think the author need not have been so particular in reserving the right of translation and reproduction.

Ost Afrika : Erinnerungen und Miscellen aus dem abyssinnischen feldzüge.

Von Dr. J. Bechtinger. (Wien. 1870.)