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Title

Lecture notes, ca. 1794-1810.

Authors

• Champneys, Ben. 1774-1814
• Kuhn, Adam, 1741-1817
• Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
• Shippen, William, 1736?-1808

Call number

Ms. Coll. 629
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9940522123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84698156
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3k06xf4g https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3fb4x12k https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3x921z5m http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsColl629

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

ca. 1794-1810

Summary

Three volumes of notes taken from lectures and reading over an extended period of time and bound together at a later date. They are not bound in chronological or subject order and display a variety of foliation and pagination on the formerly independent items. The main subjects are medicine and chemistry, with additional notes on logic, mathematics, and moral philosophy that are probably from Champney's college studies and earlier than the first noted date of 1794. Medical material includes notes from lectures by University of Pennsylvania professors Benjamin Rush, Adam Kuhn, and William Shippen. Reading notes refer to medical and chemical works by William Cullen (1710-1790), John Huxham (1692-1768), Colin Chisholm (1755-1825), Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1755-1809), and Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1756-1832). Champneys notes that his notes on Chaptal were made on board the frigate Philadelphia in 1800.

Notes

• Bindings in very fragile condition.
   

Extent

3 volumes (292, 251, 263 leaves)

Provenance

• Signature, B. Champneys, inside front covers of volumes 2 and 3; other signatures, Thomas Cowpers (back flyleaf, v. 1), James McKnight (v. 3, ff. 68, 95v), and Jane Benson Champneys (Benjamin's daughter, v. 3, f. 95v)
   
• Purchased from Benjamin Champneys Atlee, 2006.
   

Subjects topical

• University of Pennsylvania--Department of Medicine
• Medicine--Early works to 1800
• Medicine--Study and teaching--18th century
• Medicine--Study and teaching--19th century
• Chemistry--Early works to 1800
• Chemistry--Study and teaching--18th century
• Chemistry--Study and teaching--19th century

Genres

• Lecture notes
• Manuscripts, American--18th century
• Manuscripts, American--19th century

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