American medical biography: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States

Thacher, James, M.D.

Published by Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, Boston, 1828

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes in 1, as issued; 8vo, pp. vi, [3], 10-436; [5], 6-280; uncut; full complement of the plates, including the lithograph frontispiece portrait of the author plus 14 lithograph portraits of physicians by Pendleton; recent plain wrappers, added paper labels on upper cover and spine; a few insignificant tears (never any loss of text); very good. "The first American medical biography . has preserved for posterity the names of many physicians that otherwise might have been lost . the chief source book of the period; nearly always accurate" (DAB). Howes T-147; American Imprints 35480.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American medical biography: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States
• Publisher: Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, Boston
• Publication Date: 1828
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine
  • Americana