A discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : at their semiannual meeting, June 12, 1804 / by John C. Howard.

  • Howard, John Clark, approximately 1772-1810.
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A discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : at their semiannual meeting, June 12, 1804 / by John C. Howard. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Doctor Howard's Discourse before the Humane Society

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Boston : Printed by Hosea Sprague ..., 1804.

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64 pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 984
Shaw & Shoemaker 6507

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Half title: Doctor Howard's Discourse before the Humane Soceity
Errata on verso of half title
"A few observations on ... [the principle of animation] as connected with the object of ... [the Humane Society]" Cf. p. 5
"Appendix" (p. 22-63) includes the 1791 act of incorporation of the Society, its "institution," rules, list of members, correspondence, etc., and "Resuscitative process" (instructions)
"Spirit of the vital flame" (an ode, by R. T. Paine, sung at the meeting of the Society, June 12, 1804): p. 63-64
Film 633 reel 53 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 53, no. 984).

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

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