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A medical discourse, or an historical inquiry into the ancient and present state of medicine: The substance of which was delivered at opening the medical school, in the city of New York. Printed by Desire.

New York: Hugh Gaine, 1769.

The first American publication on medical history. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6380
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8358
Author Bio Linkworldcat.org/identities ↗
External URLa-medical-discourse-or-an-historical-inquiry-into-the-ancient-and-present-state-of-medicine

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York