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THACHER, James

2 entries
  • 6584.9

A military journal during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775-1783…

Boston, MA: Richardson & Lord, 1823.

The first American medical historian, Thacher gave the best contemporary account of medicine during the Revolutionary War, as well as an important history of the war in general. See No. 6710.



Subjects: American (U.S.) REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEDICINE › History of U.S. Revolutionary War Medicine, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , MILITARY MEDICINE, SURGERY & HYGIENE › History of Military Medicine
  • 6710

American medical biography. 2 vols.

Boston, MA: Richardson, etc, 1828.

Thacher was the first American medical historian. The above biography is a valuable source of information on the early medical history of the United States. Reprinted, New York, Da Capo Press, 1967.



Subjects: American (U.S.) REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEDICINE › History of U.S. Revolutionary War Medicine, BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works), COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American Northeast