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Syllabus of a course of lectures on chemistry.

Philadelphia: [Printer not identified], 1770.

Rush inaugurated the first regular course of lectures on chemistry taught in America, at the College of Philadelphia. Includes much on pharmaceutical chemistry. Facsimile reprint with an introduction by L. H. Butterfield, Philadelphia: Friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library, 1954.

Facet Tags

United States
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Subjects

Chemistry COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States PHARMACOLOGY U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Pennsylvania

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#9204
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/11385
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	syllabus-of-a-course-of-lectures-on-chemistry

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia