A discourse on the times, character, and writings of Hippocrates : Read before the trustees, faculty and medical class of the College of physicians and surgeons, at the opening of the term of 1852-3. By Elisha Bartlett . Published by the class

Bartlett, Elisha (6 October1804 Smithfield, Rhode Island-19 July 1855 Smithfield, Rhode Island)

Published by H. Bailliere, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; 219 Regent Street, London, England, 1852

About this Item

72 pages ; 23 x 14 cm Inscribed by the author to his sister, Rebeca (September 1, 1820 - ? ) who married John D. Brown. Elisha Bartlett was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, on October 6, 1804, the son of Otis and Waite Buffum Bartlett, who were Quakers. After preliminary study in Quaker schools and private study in medicine, he entered the medical department of Brown University, and graduated in 1826. In 1829, he married Elizabeth Slater of Smithfield, Rhode Island, and in 1832 was appointed to his first teaching post as professor of pathological anatomy and materia medica in the Berkshire Medical Institution at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In succeeding years Elisha Bartlett pursued a distinguished career of teaching and writing, holding many different posts including professor of theory and practice of medicine at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1841 and 1846; professor of the theory and practice of medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1844-46; the same position at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, 1849-50; professor of the institutes and practice of medicine in New York University, 1850-52; professor of materia medica and medical jurisprudence in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1852-55; and lecturer on the topics of materia medica and obstetrics at the Vermont Medical College in the spring and summer months from 1843 to 1852. Elisha Bartlett died in Smithfield, Rhode Island, on July 19, 1855. For further biographical information the reader should consult the article on Elisha Bartlett in the Dictionary of American Biography, and Charts A and B, below, which trace the genealogical relationships for part of the Bartlett family.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A discourse on the times, character, and writings of Hippocrates : Read before the trustees, faculty and medical class of the College of physicians and surgeons, at the opening of the term of 1852-3. By Elisha Bartlett . Published by the class
• Publisher: H. Bailliere, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; 219 Regent Street, London, England
• Publication Date: 1852
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)