Address delivered at the dedication of the hall of the Boston Medical Library Association . . . Report of the librarian . .

Published by Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1881

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-94). Dedication of the new building and hall of the Boston Medical Library Association, 19 Boylston Place, December 3, 1878 . . . [2], 39, [1], 18pp. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1881. 213 x 163 mm. Original light blue printed wrappers, spine chipped and split but holding, minor soiling and creasing. Edges a bit frayed but on the whole good to very good. From the library of S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914), inscrib $1500 James Chadwick, librarian of the Boston Medical Library arranged for the publication of this reprint of Holmes's dedicatory address, first published in 1879. The reprint also contains additional contributions by various members of the Association, including the "Sixth annual report made to the Boston Medical Library Association" by James Chadwick, the BMLA's librarian. Chadwick presented this copy to Silas Weir Mitchell, one of the founders of medical neurology; like Holmes, Mitchell was both a physician and a poet. Currier and Tilton, Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, p. 172. . …

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Title
Address delivered at the dedication of the hall of the Boston Medical Library Association . . . Report of the librarian . .
Author
Holmes, Oliver Wendell; James Chadwick
Publisher
Riverside Press, Cambridge
Publication year
1881
Binding
Soft cover

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