Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery, 1803-1806 : their medical preparations, problems and practice, together with an account of the collaboration of Benjamin Rush, medical counselor to the Lewis & Clark Expedition / Drake W. Will, [1957]

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Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery, 1803-1806 : their medical preparations, problems and practice, together with an account of the collaboration of Benjamin Rush, medical counselor to the Lewis & Clark Expedition / Drake W. Will, [1957]

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Drake W. Will, M.D., UCLA Resident in Pathology, delivered this address as the recipient of the third John F. Fulton medal issued by the Society for the History of Medical Science, which was a duly registered University of California, Los Angeles campus-affiliated group and a constituent society of the American Association of the History of Medicine. To raise interest in the history of medicine among medical students, interns, and residents, the Society sponsored an essay contest with a medal and small cash prizes, named for John F. Fulton with his approval and support. A version of this text was published in Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences, 1959, v. 14, no. 3.

[1], 34, [1] leaves, 7, [1] leaves of plates : facsims., map ; 28 cm.

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After elected president, Thomas Jefferson wanted a direct and practicable water communication across the continent and US sovereignty over the land occupied by the many different Indian tribes along the Missouri River. In 1803, Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery and named Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader. Lewis selected William Clark as second in command. The Corps of Discovery departed from Camp Dubois (Illinois) on May 14, 1804, and met up with Lewis in St. Charles, Missour...

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