Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807. Being the Dissertations to Which the Boylston Prize Medals Were Adjudged
hardcover
1808 · Boston
by SHATTUCK, George Cheyne
Boston: Farrand, Mallory & Company, 1808. hardcover. very good(+). 192pp., 8vo, full leather, neatly recased, red leather spine label. Boston: Farrand, Mallory & Company, 1808. First edition. A very good (+) copy. First Edition. Austin 1736. Sabin 79871. This volume contains three prestigious Boylston Prize-winning dissertations by Shattuck (1784-1854) who had an extraordinary talent for writing medical papers. The clarity and excellent presentation of these papers are inspirations to the contemporary student. Shattuck was a distinguished Boston physician and philanthropist. He helped finance John James Audubon's Birds of America. (Inventory #: 256670)