Lectures on the theory and practice of physic, 1814-1815.

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Lectures on the theory and practice of physic, 1814-1815.

Consists of notes on Smith's medical lectures, 1814-1815, as taken by David Shelton Edwards. Lecture topics include Of Diseased Action Generally, The Nervous System, Diseases of the Sanguiniferous System, Diseases of the Absorbent System, Diseases of the Cellular Substance, and Diseases of Organs. Early notes are on chemistry and "ancient compounds."

1 v. ; 19 cm.

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Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829

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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 Medica...

Edwards, David Shelton, d. 1874.

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