THE RUSSIAN FUR-SEAL ISLANDS

Government Printing Office, 1896. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. 1st Edition; 148pp, plus 66 plates (11 are folding maps and 55 black-and-white photo-plates). SIGNED John Lloyd Thomas from the Author 2 January 1897 H.M.S. "Porpois". and Authors' card tipped onto title page. Signed in pencil by John Lloyd Thomas with address. Also letter laid in from Kathleen Oldham to John Lloyd Thomas. From John Lloyd Thomas obituary in the British Medical Journal June 14, 1913. We have to record with regret the death of Deputy Surgeon-General John Lloyd Thomas; it took place at his residence, Penmon, in the Isle of Anglesey. During his services in China he contracted sprue, which not only rendered him unfit for active work for long periods during several years, but seriously undermined his constitution, and no doubt contributed to his untimely death. John Lloyd Thomas was born on September 3rd, 1856; he received his medical education at the MiddIesex Hospital and Queens College, Birmingham, and was for a period obstetric house-surgeon to the Queens Hospital in that city. He entered the Royal Navy Medical Service in February, 1884, and served first in the Tenzeraire on the Mediterranean station, and afterwards from 1887 to 1889 on "The Britannia" in the Home Fleet. In 1889 he went to the West Indies in the Belleropjhon, and from May, 1891, to April, 1892, was at the Jamaica Hospital in special charge of yellow- fever cases; and in 1893 he wrote a practical essay on yellow fever which received high commendation. In 1894 he went to China in the "Porpoise", and in the following year attended the wounded Chinese soldiers and sailors at Chefoo during the China-Japanese war; his services were favourably noted, and he was promoted staff-surgeon in 1896. After a term of service from 1897 to 1899 in the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, he went out-again; to China in the "Endymion" in 1899. In the following year he served with the second Peking Expedition, and the excellent health of the brigade was attributed in a large measure to the sanitary arrangements made under his supervision. He was specially promoted fleet surgeon for these services, and received also from the Emperor of China the Order of the Double Dragon, first division of the third class. He came home in 1902, already unfortunately suffering from the disabling disease which was to shorten his lie. After a somewhat prolonged period of sick leave he so far recovered that, with the aid of his cheery temperament and sanguine outlook on life, he was able to do a good deal of public work, serving on the Council of the British Medical Association as a representative of his service; acting as President of the Navy, Army, and Ambulance Section of the Annual Meeting of the Association in 1903, and representing the Admiralty at the meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons, U.S.A., in 1905 he served at the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, in 1906-1908, and for the two following years in the drill ships Daedalus and Eagle. He retired in September, 1911, with the honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon-General, and went to reside at Penmon, Anglesey, a county in which he had shortly before served the office of High Sheriff. " Covers worn, tatty. Old worm damage affected edges of pages 137-148. Pages age-toned. Good. Covers worn, tatty. Old worm damage affected edges of pages 137-148. Pages age-toned.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Antiques & Collectibles. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2887. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.