Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829

Born in Rehoboth, RI, in 1762, Smith grew up in Chester, VT. He apprenticed in Putney, VT, and began a medical practice in Cornish, NH. He attended Harvard where he obtained his M.B. in 1790, and continued his practice in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, for many years in partnership with Cyrus Perkins. He founded Dartmouth Medical School in 1796. In 1813 he joined the new Yale Medical institution, and he lectured on medicine at Bowdoin College, starting in 1821, and Vermont Medical School. Smith married Sarah Chase and raised 10 children. He died in 1829.

From the description of Papers, 1796-1815. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122561670

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