Biographical tributes to Caspar Wistar, 1918.

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Biographical tributes to Caspar Wistar, 1918.

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These tributes were read at the American Philosophical Society on the centenary of Wistar's death. Included are tributes by Isaac M. Hays, "Caspar Wistar as a Citizen and Philosopher," and George A. Piersol, "Dr. Caspar Wistar as a Human Anatomist."

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