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Gray, Henry (1827-1861) Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical , First American Edition.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3012TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2017 12:00PM

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Gray, Henry (1827-1861) Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, First American Edition. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1859. Octavo, first American edition, illustrated throughout, presented to Henry Pickering Bowditch (1840-1911) from his uncle Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (1808-1892) in 1860, with an inscription and the original letter enclosed; and subsequent family presentation letters continuing to 1948; bound in full contemporary leather, in a handmade fabric cover, 10 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch was a noted radical abolitionist, graduate of Harvard College, physician, and medical school professor who made important contributions to public health through his publications, and founded the Massachusetts State Board of Health. Just after the presentation of this book, the younger Bowditch's studies were put on hold because of the start of the Civil War. Henry Pickering Bowditch served as a major in the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry of the Union army, and then resumed his studies after the War. He graduated with his medical degree in 1868. Dr. Bowditch was Dean of the Harvard Medical School for ten years, from 1883-1893. He retired after a thirty-five year teaching career at Harvard, where he made important contributions to our understanding of human physiology.
Estimate $600-800


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