These volumes contain notes from lectures taken by Wistar and lectures given by Wistar. Subjects include bones, teeth, amputation, and midwifery.
Caspar Wistar was a Philadelphia physician. He studied medicine for a year in London (1783) and then went to Edinburgh University (M.D., 1786). In 1792 he was made adjunct professor of anatomy, surgery, and midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania. He attained full professorship in 1808.
Provenance
Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Leach, 1952.
General physical description
1 volume, 36 leaves.
Early American History Note
These three volumes contain Caspar Wistar's lecture notes on anatomy, likely taken while he was a student in Great Britain in the 1780s. Its content may lend insight into medical thought, practice, and education during the early republic.
Genre(s)
- Educational Material
- Lecture notes.
- Scientific Data
Subject(s)
- Amputation -- Study and teaching.
- Anatomy -- Study and teaching.
- Education
- Medicine
- Medicine -- Study and teaching.
- Obstetrics -- Study and teaching.
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