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J. Speer notes on lectures by Phillip Syng Physick and John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania Medical College

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Call Number:
Ms. Codex 2302
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Extent:
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
J. Speer notes on lectures by Phillip Syng Physick and John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, 1816, Ms. Codex 2302, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1816
Creator:
Speer, J.
Abstract:
J. Speer was a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical College where he studied under Drs. Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837) and John Syng Dorsey (1783-1818). This volume contains Speer's notes on medical school lectures of Philip Syng Physick and John Syng Dorsey, professors at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, on topics including luxations, head injuries, cancer, diseases of the eye and throat, hernia, materia medica, and gangrene, dated 15 January 1816-29 February 1816.

J. Speers was a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical College where he studied under Drs. Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837) and John Syng Dorsey (1783-1818).

Notes on medical school lectures of Philip Syng Physick and John Syng Dorsey, professors at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, on topics including luxations, head injuries, cancer, diseases of the eye and throat, hernia, materia medica, and gangrene, dated 15 January 1816-29 February 1816 (p.1, 80), signed J. Speers (p.1). In two gatherings sewn together without a binding.

Gift of Dr. Daniel M. Albert (Madison, Wisconsin), 2006.

This volume was cataloged during a group project in July 2025.

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Agile project
Finding Aid Date
2025 July
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