Boston Medical Library (1805–26)
The Boston Medical Library (1805–1826) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an offshoot of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement. The library "was founded by a group of doctors, a number of officers were then appointed. John Collins Warren was the Treasurer, John G. Coffin the Secretary. James Jackson (physician) and John C. Howard were the Trustees. "[1][2][3] In 1826 the library was transferred to the Boston Athenæum.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.countway.harvard.edu/bml/ Retrieved 2010-12-13
- ↑ Boston Directory. 1810
- ↑ https://www.countway.harvard.edu/chm/rarebooks/exhibits/BML_1805/bml_1805.htm
- ↑ Farlow, 1918
Further reading
- Boston Medical Library (1808), Catalogue of books in the Boston Medical Library, Boston: Thomas Fleet, OL 1247630M
- John Woodford Farlow (1918), The history of the Boston Medical Library, Norwood, Mass: Priv. print. by the Plimpton Press, OL 7023148M
External links
-
Media related to Boston Medical Library (1805-1826) at Wikimedia Commons - "The Boston Medical Library: a Reconstruction of the Collection of 1805 and Its History." Exhibition held at Countway Library of Medicine.
- Boston Medical Library - Countway Library of Medicine
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 24, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.