| | 1 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. | |
| | | Title: | An Essay Towards a Natural History of North American Indians
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Photocopy | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1788-1789 | | | | Extent: | 16 leaves | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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