Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1437

SAMUEL JACKSON (1787-1872) The principles of medicine, founded on the structure and functions of the animal organism. Carey & Lea 1832 xx [9]-630 [26] pp. 21.5 cm.

A native of Philadelphia, Jackson studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and was active in the family pharmaceutical business until 1815. After taking a major role in the yellow fever epidemic of 1820, he left private practice in 1821 to join the Pennsylvania faculty as professor of materia medica. In 1835 he was elected to the chair of the practice and institutes of medicine and retained the chair until his resignation in 1863. Jackson was an active medical writer and the present work is his chief medical treatise and the first of its kind to be published in the United States. A comprehensive book intended for students and physicians new to the practice of medicine, Jackson placed strong emphasis on physiology but recognized that "physiological medicine is unquestionably established on the best method, but its claims to implicit confidence cannot be allowed while physiological knowledge remains imperfect" (Preface, p. xviii).

Cited references: Osler 3067; Wellcome III, p. 337