Letter, 1781, Apr. 20 : Bridgewater, Mass., to Cotton Tufts, Esq.

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Letter, 1781, Apr. 20 : Bridgewater, Mass., to Cotton Tufts, Esq.

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ALS. Gannett consults Tufts, a physician, about a "disorder called defluction form the lungs."

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Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives

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Tufts, Cotton, 1732-1815

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Tufts (Harvard, A.M. 1749) studied medicine with his older brother Simon in Medford, Mass., and later established his own practice in Weymouth, Mass. In 1780 he was one of the incorporators of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the convention to adopt the Constitution of the U.S. Tufts was also an incorporator of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1781, and served as its fourth president (1787-1795). He introduced a popular treatment for diphtheria early in his career wh...

Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818.

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Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Letter, 1781, Apr. 20 : Bridgewater, Mass., to Cotton Tufts, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527743 Caleb Gannett (1745-1818, Harvard AB 1763) was Steward of Harvard College. Gannett was admitted to Harvard at the age of fourteen and received a Saltonstall Scholarship. Gannet preached in a variety of locations until he was appointed a Tutor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at H...