Hardbound. Published by Harper Brothers in 1860. 324 pages chronicling the treatment by the Howard Association's volunteers of the terrible 1853 epidemic in New Orleans, La. and Mobile, Alabama. The text is in Very Good condition, each page is clean and clear with no toning, foxing tears, underlining, soiling or other defects common among books of this age. However , the front cover is worn and detached, the back cover is also very worn but is still attached to the text.