Facets

1941

#11000

The medical reports of John Y. Bassett, M.D., the Alabama student. Edited by Daniel C. Elkin.

Bassett was the subject of William Osler's famous essay, "An Alabama Student."

1949

#6596

Aesculapius comes to the Colonies. The story of the early days of medicine in the thirteen original colonies.

1968

#7884

The evolution of preventive medicine in the United States Army, 1607–1939.

Available from the U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History, at this link.

1973

#8621

Medical men at the siege of Boston, April, 1775- April, 1776.

1978

#2188.2

Naval and maritime medicine during the American revolution.

1980

#6596.4

Medicine in colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1820. Edited by Philip Cash, Eric H. Christanson and J. Worth Estes.

A well-illustrated collection of essays covering medicine in Massachusetts but also applicable in some cases to the history of medicine and surgery throughout the American colonies.

1981

#2188.3

The [United States] Army Medical Department, 1775-1818.

1986

#13784

Of birds and Texas.

Inspired by Audubon's double elephant folios, the first edition was limited to 500 sets and 25 artists' copies, signed by Scott Gentling and John Graves. Folio (28 x 22 inches). 40 chromolithographed plates of birds a…

1998

#10806

Medicine and the American Revolution: How diseases and their treatments affected the colonial army.

1999

#10338

Natural history investigations in South Carolina from colonial times to the present.

2000

#10339

Science, race, and religion in the American South. John Bachman and the Charleston circle of naturalists, 1815-1895.

2003

#9806

Medical mycology in the United States: A historical analysis (1894–1996).

2006

#8596

Dr. Franklin's medicine

The history of medicine, and Franklin's involvements in it, within the context of his life and career.

2011

#7805

Knowing nature: Art and science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840. Edited by Amy R. W. Meyers with the assistance of Lisa L. Ford.

Large format, finely produced with excellent color plates.

2014

#10087

Kennewick man: The scientific investigation of an ancient American skeleton. Edited by Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz.

" This volume resents the results of the most comprehensive scientific study of one of the most complete ancient human skeletons ever found in North America" (from the introduction). "Kennewick Man is the name general…

2015

#9829

The great paleolithic war: How science forged an understanding of America's ice age past.

A masterful synthesis of the history of the study of human origins in North America with a comprehensive bibliography.

2017

#11296

Object lessons and the formation of knowledge: University of Michigan museums, libraries and collections 1817-2017. Edited by Kerstin Barndt and Carla M. Sinopoli.

2018

#10425

Belonging on an island: Birds, extinction, and evolution in Hawai'i.