The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo Based on the Observations Made and Material Collected During the Harvard African Expedition, 1926-1927.

Abstract

Harvard University sent an expedition into Africa in 1926 and 1927 to make a biologic and medical survey of Liberia. The expedition was under the direction of Dr. Richard P. Strong, professor of tropical medicine, with whom seven other professors and assistants were associated. A survey of diseases present in the interior of Liberia had not previously been made. In these two volumes is the story of the travels of the expedition back and forth across Liberia and reports of the diseases found that affect the inhabitants, animals and plants. There are many instructive pictures of diseases, some colored plates of microscopic observations, pictures showing the circumstances under which these people live, and maps illustrating the routes the expedition followed. Aside from their value to the sciences, these volumes will entertain and instruct any one interested in distant places.