Early American Medical Imprints: A Guide to Works Printed in the.

Austin, Robert B. Early American Medical Imprints: A Guide to Works Printed in the United States, 1668-1820. Washington, U.S. Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, 1961. x, 240 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blue stamped spine and front cover. "Property of U.S. Army to top and bottom edges, otherwise internally clean. $10. * A reference bibliography documenting the earliest history of medical publishing in the United States. Austin compiles and meticulously annotates 2,106 distinct chronological entries capturing every known medical book, pamphlet, broadside, and journal printed between the late seventeenth century and the early national era. Each entry features highly detailed bibliographical data, including full title page transcriptions, pagination collations, and a comprehensive census of holding libraries across the country. The work provides a critical foundation for researchers mapping the evolution of early American public health policy, military surgery guides, domestic medicine manuals, and medical jurisprudence.…