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Notes concerning the provenance of the 8th edition of Heister's General System of Surgery

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Identifier: MM-292

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of notes and letters pasted into the front pages of Lawrence Heister's General System of Surgery (8th ed., London, 1768). The notes document the book's successive ownership by John Groome, George McClellan, J. W. Mintzer, Samuel D. Gross, E. J. Groom, Samuel W. Gross, A. Haller Gross and John Chalmers Da Costa. The collection includes a letter handwritten by S. D. Gross thanking Dr. Mintzer for the book. The book is in Special Collections, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University.

Dates

  • 1768 - 1925

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Extent

1 Files (1 folder (8 items).)

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Physical Location

There are two copies of this item - one is in MS 4 and one is in MS 3

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Thomas Jefferson University - Archives and Special Collections Repository

http://library.jefferson.edu/archives/
Contact:
1020 Walnut Street
Room 401, Scott Memorial Library
Philadelphia PA 19107-5587