Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1243

DAVID HOSACK (1769-1835) Essays on various subjects of medical science. J. Seymour 1824-1830 Vol. I: 380 pp., 2 plates; Vol. II: 472 pp., 4 plates, table; Vol. III: 473 pp., col. plate. 20.9 cm.

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Hosack assisted in founding the Bellevue Hospital and established the American Medical and Philosophical Register in 1810 with his pupil (later) and partner, John Wakefield Francis (1789-1861). He was a skilled and competent surgeon and, although he introduced no new surgical techniques, was one of the first to ligate the femoral artery for aneurysm and to treat hydrocele by injection. Hosack was an extremely active medical author and lecturer and the present work contains many of his scientific papers, lectures, and addresses. Hosack was long interested in botany, and his course syllabus for lectures given at Columbia College in 1795 is included in this set. Other contributions include: his observations on fever, glossitis, gout, tetanus, tic doloureux, anthrax, hydrocele, aneurysm in the femoral artery, as well as several historical papers, biographical sketches and tributes, and selected speeches. Hosack has inscribed Volumes I and III of this set to his Columbia College colleague, James Renwick (1792-1863). Renwick was professor of natural philosophy and experimental chemistry and an engineer who planned the Morris Canal between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.

Cited references: Osler 3012 (2 vols.); Wellcome III, p. 303

Gift of John Martin, M.D.