Handbook of Army Health, 1950

War Office Code No. 5691 26/Pubs./6333. 150pp, with black and white illustrations, charts and tables etc. In thick card covers with vinyl edging, bound together with strong cord (covers a little worn, rubbed on edges, with a label and the number 64 written in the top right corner). Internally the first leaf is a little age toned and chapped along the top, else neat, clean, bright and tight. One line has been completed on the amendments sheet inside the front cover. A manual for resisting, containing and treating disease among service personnel (with some interesting statistics on various army losses from disease), with sections on Food and Health; Airborne Infections; Common Diseases of the Skin, Mouth and Eyes; Venereal Disease; Rodents in Relation to Disease; Intestinal Infections; Medical Aspects of Man Management; and more.