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Thomas Parke notebook
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Thomas Parke, Philadelphia physician, was born in Chester County, Pa., on 6 Aug. 1749. He married Rachel Pemberton in 1775; they had five children. Parke died on 9 Jan. 1835. Parke came to Philadelphia in 1766 and studied medicine under Cadwalader Evans. He began to take courses at the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia in 1767 and received his M.B. in 1770. Parke then studied in London and Edinburgh. From 1777 to 1823, he was Physician to Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a founder of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and its president from 1818 to 1835.
Volume of Parke's notes, 1767, on Pierre Joseph Macquer's Elements of the theory and practice of chymistry (1764), considering elements and their interactions; Geoffroy's table of comparative affinities; and metals and their ores. Volume also includes Parke's notes of examination questions on anatomy and chemistry given to graduates of the College of Philadelphia's Medical School in 1769. Examiners include Adam Kuhn, John Morgan, and William Shippen.
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