Download or read book Famine and Disease in Ireland, vol 1 written by Leslie Clarkson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Famine of 1845-9 remains the great climacteric in Irish history. This title contains the first volume in a set of five of reprints of contemporary works relating to the Great Famine, including writings on the medical conditions in Ireland at the time gathered from the "Dublin Journal of Medical Science" and similar publications.