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 ... To be continued annually / [Charles Caldwell].

  • Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853
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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 ... To be continued annually / [Charles Caldwell]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1805-1806.

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2 volumes, folded plate : frontispiece (portrait) ; (8vo)

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Vol. [2] has imprint: Philadelphia, Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers, 1806
"To be continued annually" 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
Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Med. Soc. Lond. This book was formerly part of the collection of the Medical Society of London, which was deposited for safekeeping in the Wellcome Library in 1964. It was eventually purchased by the Wellcome Trust in 1984, with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and other charities.

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Austin 397

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