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Title

Benjamin Smith Barton lecture notes

Authors

• Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
• Anderson, Matthew
• Hamilton, Thomas

Call number

Ms. Coll. 669
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9942711713503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212624307
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36t0h95s https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3319sg9t https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31834g9g https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3z892v4t http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsColl669

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1810-1823

Summary

Lecture notes taken by four different University of Pennsylvania medical students in Benjamin Smith Barton's materia medica course. Volume 1 consists of notes taken by an unnamed student from Windsor, Connecticut from November 12, 1810 - January 8, 1811. Volume 2 encompasses the years 1811-1812 and also includes notes from Barton's course on Botany taken by an unknown student. Thomas Hamilton is the author of the lecture notes found in Volume 3. These notes, recorded in 1814, include a table of contents located on page 304 v. Volume 4 consists of notes attributed to Barton, which were copied by Matthew Anderson in 1823.

Extent

4 volumes (135, 161, 304, 285 leaves)

Provenance

• Ms. American 25, Ms. American 29, Ms. American 33, Ms. American 85
   
• Volume 1, sold by Argosy Bookshop (New York), 1958; volume 2, gift of Clement R. Jones, Jr., 1952; volume 3, gift of University of Georgia Library, 1958; and volume 4 sold by Argosy Bookshop (New York), 1957.
   

Subjects topical

• University of Pennsylvania--School of Medicine--19th century
• Medicine--Study and teaching--19th century
• Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--19th century

Genres

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

Licenses

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