South America, amplified to include all of Latin America : the Vandyck cruise / by Franklin H. Martin ; introduction by William J. Mayo.

  • Martin, Franklin H. (Franklin Henry), 1857-1935.
Date:
1927
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: South America, amplified to include all of Latin America : the Vandyck cruise / by Franklin H. Martin ; introduction by William J. Mayo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    official report by Dr. Francis P. Corrigan, and liberal con¬ tributions by Dr. Edward I. Salisbury. From the standpoint of the surgeon, the trips had interest in the medical schools, the hospitals, and the operating surgeons of the countries we were privileged to visit. Although the voyages were made in a purely professional capacity in behalf of the American College of Surgeons, one cannot de¬ scribe them properly without relating some of the unusual personal experiences we enjoyed, which will have interest for the layman as well as the medical man. It is only fair, and it affords me great pleasure, to give credit to the Travel Departments of the American Express Com¬ pany, and of Thos. Cook & Sons, for conducting our tours and attending to all of the details of travel in countries the lan¬ guages of which were unfamiliar to us. I wish, too, to express my appreciation to the Departments of State and Foreign Relations, the Latin-American govern¬ ments and their diplomatic representatives in Washington, our diplomatic representatives in Latin America and to Dr. L. S. Rowe, Director-General of the Pan-American Union and his efficient staff for helpful advice which they have given in regard to Latin-American countries, and for valuable letters of introduction. Also, I wish to acknowledge my ob¬ ligation to Miss Eleanor K. Grimm who accompanied us, compiled the summary of important historical and statistical data relating to the Latin-American countries which appears in the addenda, and, in co-operation with Mr. Albert K. Dawson, took many of the illustrative photographs and pre¬ pared them for publication. In compiling our Spanish vocabulary we placed ourselves under obligation to Mr. W. J. Hernan, who has prepared several little volumes containing vocabularies of different languages. Franklin H. Martin.