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David Hosack

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American physician, botanist, and educator

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According to Wikipedia, David Hosack was an American physician, botanist, and educator. He remains widely known as the doctor who tended to the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804, and who had similarly tended to Hamilton's son Philip after his fatal 1801 duel with George Eacker. He established several institutions including Elgin Botanic Garden and a medical school at Rutgers University.

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David Hosack's Published Works

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1800181002.557.51012.51517.52022.525

Published Works

  • VII. Case of tetanus cured by wine (1800) (23)
  • A statement of facts relative to the establishment and progress of the Elgin Botanic Garden, and the subsequent disposal of the same to the state of New-York ... (2)
  • Remarks on the Treatment of the Typhoid State of Fever (1816) (1)
  • A Case of Anthrax, Successfully Treated (1810) (1)
  • Observations on the Surgery of the Ancients, Vindicating Their Claims to Many of the Reputed Discoveries and Improvements of Modern Times (1814) (0)
  • XV. Observations on vision (0)
  • Case of Aneurism of the Femoral Artery (1809) (0)
  • A Case of Hydrocele Cured by Injection, Communicated to G. Pearson, M. D. (0)
  • Case of Tetanus Cured by the Liberal Use of Wine (0)
  • Observations on Contagion (1809) (0)
  • Phlegmatia Dolens (1824) (0)
  • Observations on the Surgery of the Ancients, Vindicating Their Claims to Many of the Reputed Discoveries and Improvements of Modern Times (1814) (0)
  • Observations on the Peripneumonia Typhodes, Now Prevailing in Several Districts of the United States. In a Letter to T. Romeyn Beck, M.D. &c. Albany, from David Hosack, M.D. &c. (1814) (0)
  • A Case of Obstinate Constipation of the Bowels Cured by Calomel, Communicated to Dr Pearson (0)

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