Dorsey's lectures, [ca. 1816].

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Dorsey's lectures, [ca. 1816].

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Two volumes of an incomplete set of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics covered include nutrition, aliments, cooking, drinks, influence of diet on disease, an introduction to materia medica proper, and blood-letting.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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