Medical theses, selected from among the inaugural dissertations : published and defended by the graduates in medicine, of the University of Pennsylvania, and of other medical schools in the United States : with an introduction, appendix, and occasional notes

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Main Author: Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853, (ed.)
Corporate Authors: University of Pennsylvania. Department of Medicine., Fry and Kammerer, (Printer), Stanton A. Friedberg, M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago
Contributors: Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers ..., Fry and Kammerer, printers ..., 1805-06.
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Item Description: Vol. [2] has imprint: Philadelphia, Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers, 1806.
No more published.
"Though it is not to issue from the press under the immediate sanction of the University of Pennsylvania, yet it will constitute a 'Thesaurus medicus' of that institution." - Preliminary discourse.
Each thesis has special half title, including thesis note.
Vol. 1 includes as appendix An experimental inquiry, respecting the vitality of the blood (p. [353]-395) by Charles Caldwell, comprising three lectures delivered at the infirmary of the Philadelphia Almshouse. The prefatory note is dated Jan. 1, 1805.
Vol. 1: xii, 395, [1] p. ; v. 2: [8], 396 [i.e., 398] p. Last page of v. 1 blank.
Errors in paging: v. 2: p. 162-200, 201-398 misnumbered 161-199, 199-396, p. 213, 259 misnumbered 113, 269.
Film 633 reel 22 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 22, no. 397).
Physical Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. (8vo)