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The Philadelphia Medical Museum, Conducted by John Redman Coxe, M. D., Vol. I. Nos. I-IV. Philadelphia: Printed by Archibald Bartram, For Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, and For Sale by the Booksellers in Different Parts of the United States, 1805. First Edition, 5 full pate plates, 488 pp, 8.75 x 5.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Leather boards are scuffed at edges and corner are worn/bumped. Head of spine beginning to split at rear hinge & tail of spine exhibits a small chip. Title and volume labels intact; gilt lettering and ruling normally dulled. Water dampness staining around all edges of first approximate 10-12 leaves of text-block (which includes title page and contents). Normal age-related toning throughout remainder of text-block, with some instances of age-staining. Pages 233-240 creased & crumpled, but still intact. Plates & tissue guards exhibit off-setting to adjacent pages. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. John Redman Coxe (1773-1864) was a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Coxe actively promoted vaccination; as one of the first Philadelphia doctors to vaccinate, he vaccinated his infant son and himself in 1801 as encouragement for others to do the same. He had been one of the founders of the Chemical Society of Philadelphia in 1792 and was later elected a lecturer there and then president. Given Coxe s interest in chemistry, his lucrative medical practice included a drugstore; his Coxe s Hive Syrup , used as an emetic, expectorant, and diaphoretic, became a popular syrup for more than fifty years. At the time of his 1809 appointment as the chair of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Coxe gave up his drugstore and resigned from the Chemical Society. Not finding much success as a chemistry professor, Coxe applied for and was elected professor of materia medica and pharmacy in 1818. Coxe urged the University to offer a master of pharmacy diploma, but Philadelphia pharmacists preferred to avoid control by a medical faculty by establishing their own institution in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Apothecaries (later Philadelphia College of Pharmacy). The Penn medical faculty eventually found the subject of materia medica and pharmacy to be of secondary interest; they also had little respect for Coxe s abilities as a teacher. Thus, in 1835 Coxe lost his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania. Coxe made more important contributions as a medical author and editor. The most significant of his many publications were Practical Observation on Vaccination, or Inoculation for the Cow-pock (1802) and the American Dispensatory (1806). Coxe edited several journals, including Philadelphia Medical Museum (1805-1811), Emporium of Arts and Sciences (1812-1814). Coxe was also considered an exceptional Greek and Latin scholar. His many intellectual endeavors earned him election to the American Philosophical Society in 1799. He served as Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania from 1806 until his appointment to the medical faculty in 1809. John Redman Coxe died on March 22, 1864. First Volume, Nos. I-IV (complete), includes plates. Gift quality!! RAREA1805BJOB 04/24 - HK1516. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREA1805BJOB
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