Author: Thomas Eddy

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-08-29

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781391676708

Excerpt from An Account of the New-York Hospital In consequence of the recommendation of the medical facula ty of Columbia College, the governors of the hospital, in August, 1796, appropriated the sum of 500 dollars towards the purchase of a medical library; to which the members of that faculty contributed books from their private libraries, and part of their fees of public instruction. An hosp'ital library was thus established, which was further augmented by the purchase of the medical library of Dr. Romayne, in 1800, and by the accession, in 1805, of the library of a private associa tion of physicians, under the name of the Medical Society of new-york, who gave their books, on condition, that they and such of their sons, as should become practitioners of medi cine ia the city of new-york, should have the free use of the hospital library. In 1805 the governors appropriated the an nual sum of 250 dollars, for the purchase of books and large additions have been made to it, by purchases and donations, from time to time; so that, including the valuable botanical library of Dr. Hosack, lately purchased, the Hospital library now contains about volumes, among which are some of the rarest and most valuable works in medical science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.