A copy of a course of medical lectures delivered by Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., professor of the Institutes of Practice of Medicine and Clinical Practice of the University of Pennsylvania, in two volumes, [1833?].

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A copy of a course of medical lectures delivered by Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., professor of the Institutes of Practice of Medicine and Clinical Practice of the University of Pennsylvania, in two volumes, [1833?].

Two volumes of notes on lectures by Chapman, delivered either at the University of Pennsylvania or at the Medical Institute of Philadelphia. Vol. 1 contains lectures on pathology, nosology, circulatory system, fevers, practice of medicine, hemorrhages, digestive system. Vol. 2 contains lectures on diseases of the skin, respiratory system, muscles, dropsy, scrofula, marasmus, amenorrhea. A list of faculty and a class schedule for the Medical Institute for 1833 appears at the beginning of volume one.

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Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853

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Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John Wakefield Francis, 1831 Oct. [no day]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489378 Nathaniel Chapman was born at Summer Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia in 1780. After serving aprenticeships with John Weems of Georgetown and Dick of Alexandria, Chapman began his formal studies under Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797. He graduated with honors in 1801. After a br...

Wikoff, G. H. (George H.)

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George H. Wikoff, is listed in McElroy's City Directory of 1837 as a "gentleman" living at 75 N. 10th in Philadelphia. The matriculant list for the University of Pennsylvania has Wikoff attending the University from 1826-29, but he is not listed in the alumni catalogue as a graduate. He was hired to transcribe Nathaniel Chapman's lectures, perhaps by Chapman himself. No other information could be found on Wikoff. From the description of A copy of a course of medical lectures delivere...

Medical Institute of Philadelphia

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