Notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush, M.D., professor of ye institutes and practices of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania / 1810

Name:

Earl, Samuel Franklin; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Timespan:

19th century; Early works to 1800

Date:

1810

Description:

Notes taken in November and December at Benjamin Rush's lectures on physiology, including attention to the circulatory, respiratory, vocal, digestive, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems. The notes are written on the recto side of leaves, with some corrections and additions in pencil in the main text and additional notes occasionally entered on facing versos. Partial bookplate for and inscription by Samuel Franklin Earl inside upper cover; sketch in pencil of a man, possibly Rush, seated behind a desk, inside lower cover.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Sold by Catherine Barnes (Philadelphia), 2012.

Subject:

University of Pennsylvania. -- Department of Medicine; Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 19th century; Physiology -- Early works to 1800; Physiology; Medicine -- Study and teaching

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Lecture notes; Sketches; Manuscripts, American -- 19th century

Physical Description:

1 volume

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Medical student at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine; did not receive a degree.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 876