Record of the anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania, 1878-1879 / John M. Edgar.

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Record of the anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania, 1878-1879 / John M. Edgar.

One volume describing 113 anatomical anomalies, many with colored illustrations, found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania during the 1878-1879 session. Descriptions include gender, race, condition, and age of subject.

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Edgar, John Marion, b.1858.

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John Marion Edgar was born in 1858 in Philadelphia, Pa. He received both an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. In the Medical Department he was precepted by S.S. Stryker and wrote his thesis on the minute anatomy of the spleen. At commencement he received a Distinguished Mention in the Anatomical Prize Contest for his practical anatomy report. Dr. Edgar was still living in Philadelphia in 1922. No further information could be located. From the description o...

Hodge, H. Lenox (Hugh Lenox), 1836-1881.

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H. Lenox Hodge was born in Philadelphia on 30 July 1836 to Hugh L. and Margaret (Aspinall) Hodge. Hodge died on 16 June 1881 in Philadelphia. He received his A.B. in 1855, and A.M. and M.D. in 1858 from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, he was a Resident Physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital (1858-1860). Hodge set up private practice in Philadelphia in 1860, eventually specializing in surgery and the diseases of women. During the Civil War, Hodge served as a Surgeon to Satterlee...