An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c.

  • Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813.
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An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Whitehall [Pa.] : Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer, no. 52, South Second-Street, Philadelphia, MDCCXCIX [1799]

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5 unnumbered pages, 8-50 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes

"Charter of incorporation."--p. [27]-38
"Directions for recovering persons, who are supposed to be dead, from drowning ... Published by order of the Humane Society of Phila."--p. [39]-49
Names of managers and officers of the Society elected in 1799: p. 50
Signatures: [A]² B-F⁴ G²
Film 633 reel 85 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 85, no. 1708).

References note

Evans 36278 (50 p.)
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1708
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 403
ESTC (RLIN) W11633

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1960. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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