Medical Manuscripts and Associated Paper, American, 19th Century.

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Medical Manuscripts and Associated Paper, American, 19th Century.
Ten small format softcover notebooks; one disbound volume of notes taken on William Shippen's (1736?-1808) anatomical lectures by Dr. De Benneville; a manuscript copy of Valentine Mott's On Hemorrhage of Wounds, in Mott's hand, with the title page of another essay by Mott printed in a Sanitary Commission periodical, 1863, and a bifolium from the article with corrections in the author's hand; a manuscript purchase and inventory book from a New York City druggist, 1826-1838; manuscript of formulas, prescriptions, and medical observations compiled by Edward Pitkin, an American druggist, dated 1791, with later additions; manuscript hospital reports of Thomas Hunt Stilwell, New York, 1860-1861; Ephraim Clark Jr.'s notes on surgical lectures by Valentine Mott, Staten Island, mid-19th century; an original manuscript copy of Dr. Bard's address delivered in November, 1811; four printed cards concerning the medical profession, late 18th to mid-19th century; and Home's Principia Medicinae, Edinburgh, 1770, third edition; all ex library.
Estimate $200-400


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