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James L. Kitchen student notebook, 1823 |
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by Kitchen, Jr., James L. |
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A notebook belonging to James L. Kitchen while studying |
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at the Coll ge de France. The notebook contains notes |
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from lectures by Rene Laennec and Francois Broussais, and |
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are written in French. James L. Kitchen graduated from |
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the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine in |
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1822. After studying medicine in Europe, he came back to |
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Philadelphia in 1824 and became a prominent physician and |
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homeopath. Kitchen played a large role in helping |
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establish the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania |
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and was granted an honorary degree in homeopathy by the |
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College in 1856. The Homeopathic Medical College of |
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Pennsylvania was founded in 1848 to provide standardized |
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training in the emerging system of medicine called |
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homeopathy. In 1869 the Homeopathic Medical College of |
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Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical College (founded in |
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1867) merged to create a new institution called Hahnemann |
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Medical College of Philadelphia. |
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Date Published: 2020-12-22 14:37:54 |
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Identifier: ducom_hucoll082_b01f03 |
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Item Size: 552872324 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: texts |
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