Materia medica, [1810-1811].

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Materia medica, [1810-1811].

One volume (481 leaves) of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by Benjamin S. Barton at the University of Pennsylvania. Notes taken 1810-1811 by William Elmer, when he was a student there. Contains lectures on astringents, tonics, stimulants, etc.

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815

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Benjamin Smith was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of Correspondence, 1786-1815. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380112 Benjamin Smith Barton was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of A comparative vocabulary of Indian languages, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523582 From the description of Volumes, 1791-1812 (bulk). (Americ...

Elmer, William, 1788-1836.

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William Elmer was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey to Dr. Jonathan and Mary Elmer on March 23, 1788. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1811. In 1812 he returned to Bridgeton to set up medical practice, but retired in 1822. He was an active member of the Cumberland District Medical Society. Dr. Elmer suffered from rheumatism during the later part of his life and it is attributed to hastening his early death, at the age of 48, on May 6, 1836. Fr...