Surgeon of the wilderness
Subtitle: the biography of Richard Spittel
By: Christine Spittel Wilson.
Publisher: Lake House Investments
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Colombo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Spittel, Richard Lionel, 1881-.; Surgeons -- Sri Lanka -- Biography.; Anthropologists -- Sri Lanka -- Biography.; Vedda (Sri Lankan people) -- Social life and customs.; Sri Lanka -- Description and travel.
Description: Biography of Richard Lionel Spittel, b. 1881, physician and social anthropologist who has made a special study of the Veddas (aborigines) of Sri Lanka.
Notes: Includes index.