A memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D. with extracts from his letters to his father; and medical cases, collected by him
by Jackson, James
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Boston: I.R. Butts, 1835. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 444; contemporary plain brown cloth, upper cover and front blank leaves loose, small loss to spine head; foxing throughout, else interior very good. Front flyleaf inscribed by James Jackson, Sr. A paternal homage to the author's son, who had studied and made an important study on the cholera epidemic raging through Paris during his time there. This was published upon his return to the United States in 1832, 2 years before his death of tuberulous percarditis at the age of 24, a devastating blow to his father. "[Jackson Sr.'s] memoir of his son is an interesting psychological document in that it is entirely objective and almost wholly devoid of any evidence of the deep feeling which prompted him to write it" (DAB V, p. 546). Sabin 35426. American Imprints 32343.
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- Title
- A memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D. with extracts from his letters to his father; and medical cases, collected by him
- Author
- Jackson, James
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- I.R. Butts
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Physicians , American Physicians , Doctors , Correspondence
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