Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1860

HENRY JACOB BIGELOW (1818-1890) An introductory lecture delivered at the Massachusetts Medical College, November 6th, 1849. David Clapp 1850 24 pp. 22.9 cm.

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Bigelow was elected professor of surgery at Harvard in 1849 and this was his first opportunity to deliver an introductory address to the opening session of a new course of lectures. He commented that "it is my intention, with your permission, to briefly review our subject in its connections with science, and with the community" (p. [3]). Bigelow goes on to discuss the broad principles of surgery, the importance of clinical instruction, operative surgery, malpractice, and quackery. The title page of the University of Iowa Libraries' copy has been inscribed by Bigelow.

Gift of Mrs. Diana A. Stokes