Hrdlicka, Alois Tuberculosis Among Certain Indian Tribes of the United States Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 1909. First Edition
48pp + 22pp of plates. Alois Ferdinand Hrdlička (1869 - 1943) was a Czech anthropologist who had suffered from tuberculosis as a child and, seeing the difficulties in its treatment, determined to study medicine. After graduating, he left for Paris to work in the newly emerging field of anthropology. Condition: About Very Good, with the host of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown.

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