Notes on the lectures of Dr. John Syng Dorsey, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Penn., 1817.

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Notes on the lectures of Dr. John Syng Dorsey, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Penn., 1817.

One volume ([64] p.) of an incomplete set of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Syng Dorsey. Lectures are numbered 2-8; lecture 2 is dated 17 Nov. 1817. Topics covered include animal life, sympathy, nutrients, vegetable food (grains, roots, fruits), animal food (mutton, wild game, poultry, eggs, fish, shellfish, snake, turtle, milk, dairy products), cooking (pickling, soups, roasting, broiling, frying, stewing), and drinks.

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1738-1818.

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Richardson, Robert Pryor.

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Robert Pryor Richardson of Virginia attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania from 1817-1820. He received his M.D. from the Department of Medicine in 1820. No other information about Dr. Richardson could be located. From the description of Notes on the lectures of Dr. John Syng Dorsey, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Penn., 1817. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 145406573 ...