Two volumes of notes on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman, after 1810

The Resource Two volumes of notes on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman, after 1810
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Two volumes of notes on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman, after 1810
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after 1810
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Chapman's lectures
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Two volumes containing notes from lectures by Nathaniel Chapman, apparently transcribed by a professional scribe. Vol. 1 (383 leaves) entitled Lectures on pathology, medical physiognomy, and the practice of physic by N. Chapman, M.D. Includes lectures on fevers, hemorrhages, diseases of the digestive system, and an index. Vol. 2 (377 leaves) entitled Lectures on the practice of physic by N. Chapman, M.D. Includes lectures on diseases of the digestive system, diseases of the respiratory system, dropsy, scrofula, marasmus, venereal diseases, menstruation, gout, and rheumatism
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Nathaniel Chapman was an 1801 graduate of the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, furthering his medical studies in Edinburgh before settling in Philadelphia in 1804. Chapman is best known as a medical teacher, editor, and professional advocate. He became editor of the Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences in 1820. From 1810 on he taught at the University of Pennsylvania, serving as professor of materia medica and professor of the theory and practice of medicine and clinical medicine. In 1817 Chapman founded the Medical Institute of Philadelphia, considered the first medical post-graduate school in the United States. The principle publications of Chapman's career are based on his lectures, such as his A Compendium of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1846). Among his other accomplishments, Chapman was elected the first president of the American Medical Association in 1847. Chapman was also a Fellow of the College of Physicians, elected in 1807.
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