Medical theses, selected from among the inaugural dissertations, published and defended by the graduates in medicine, of the University of Pennsylvania, and of other medical schools in the United States
Subtitle: with an introduction, appendix, and occasional notes ... To be continued annually
By: [Charles Caldwell]
Contributors: Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853; University of Pennsylvania. Department of Medicine
Publisher: Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers, Fry and Kammerer, printers
Published: 1805
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Notes: Vol. [2] has imprint: Philadelphia, Published by Thomas and William Bradford, printers and book-sellers, 1806.

"To be continued annually" No more published.

"Though it is not to issue from the press under the immediate sanction of the University of Pennsylvania, yet it will constitute a 'Thesaurus medicus' of that institution" - Preliminary discourse.

Each thesis has special half title, including thesis note.

Vol. 1 includes as appendix An experimental inquiry, respecting the vitality of the blood (p. [353]-395) by Charles Caldwell, comprising three lectures delivered at the infirmary of the Philadelphia Almshouse. The prefatory note is dated Jan. 1, 1805.

Austin 397.