First Edition. Sm. 4to. 17 leaves.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xii, 400.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to Jefferson (in an undated letter, received by him October
15, 1804): “In presenting you with the Elements of life I have given you merely the Alphabet of this science . . .”
Jefferson replied from Washington on October 26: “
Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to D
r. John Rush and his thanks for the tract sent him on the elements of life which he shall read in the first leisure moment
with attention & pleasure. the subject is one of the most curious & interesting which can occupy the mind, and he percieves
it is treated with that freedom which alone can promise sound result.
”
The copy in the Library of Congress from which the above collation was made belonged to John Redman Coxe, and has his name
and the date 1804 on the title-page.
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iv. GRIFFITHS,
Elijah.
An Essay on Ophthalmia, or Inflammation of the Eyes. By Elijah Griffiths, one of the Physicians of the Philadelphia Alms-House, and Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical Society.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by
Hugh Maxwell,
1804.
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 13 leaves.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, v, 608.
Elijah Griffiths, fl. 1797. This work was his inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
1 June, 1804. Griffiths was a friend of Jefferson and in correspondence with him.
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v. FFIRTH,
Stubbins.
A Treatise on Malignant Fever; with an Attempt to Prove its Non-Contagious Nature. By Stubbins Ffirth, S.H.S.M.P. A Native of Salem, New Jersey, House Surgeon of the Philadelphia Dispensary . . .
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by
B. Graves,
1804.
RC206 .F43
First Edition. Sm. 8vo. in fours. 30 leaves.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, iv, 961.
On page 13 the author draws attention in a footnote to Jefferson’s disagreement with Purchas. The text reads:
Purchas observes, that the emigrants to Virginia, in 1619, 20 and 21, amounted to 3570, in 42 sail of ships . . . The footnote:
President Jefferson says only 2516.
Stubbins Ffirth, fl. 1804. This treatise, dedicated to Caspar Wistar, was an inaugural dissertation for the degree of doctor of medicine
at Philadelphia, June 6, 1804.
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vi. VAUGHAN,
John.
A Concise History of the Autumnal Fever, which prevailed in the Borough of Wilmington, in the Year 1802. By Dr. John Vaughan.
Wilmington (Del.): Printed by
James Wilson,
1803.
RC211 .D4 W7
First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves: [punct.
sic--
Ed.]
Sabin 98685.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xv, 610.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Wilmington, January 19, 1803: “Will M
r. Jefferson be so obliging as to accept the little pamphlet on fever, per mail of the day . . .”
Jefferson replied from Washington on January 23: “
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments and thanks to Doct
r. Vaughan for the treatise on fever he has been so obliging as to send him, and which he shall peruse at the first leisure
moment with pleasure.
”
John Vaughan, 1775-1806, physician of Wilmington, was a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a close friend of Jefferson, with
whom he was in constant correspondence.
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