author
A. B. Whitney
Known today for a rare 19th-century medical work on cholera, this little-documented writer appears as co-author of a detailed treatise on one of the era’s most feared diseases. The surviving record is thin, which gives the book an added sense of historical curiosity.
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Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure
by Elijah Whitney, A. B. Whitney
About the author
A. B. Whitney is an obscure historical author whose name survives mainly through Asiatic Cholera: A Treatise on Its Origin, Pathology, Treatment, and Cure, a medical work credited to Elijah Whitney and A. B. Whitney. Project Gutenberg and the Library of Congress both list the book, confirming A. B. Whitney’s role as co-author.
Beyond that publication, readily available biographical information is very limited. Even basic personal details such as full name, dates, and life history were not clearly confirmed in the sources reviewed, so it is best to treat A. B. Whitney as a little-known figure connected primarily with this surviving 19th-century text.
For listeners and readers, that scarcity can be part of the appeal: the work offers a window into how cholera was studied and explained in its time, and A. B. Whitney remains one of those nearly lost names preserved because a book endured.