Wm. P. Dewees, MD

by M. E. D. after John Neagle Brown

$350 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A wonderful lithograph of the famous American doctor William Dewees, who changed the history of obstetrics. A name destined to become famous in American medicine was Dr. William Potts Dewees. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1789 and began to practice medicine at Abington. A yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia brought Dewees back to the city where he continued to practive after the crisis had passed. He devoted himself especially to obstetrics, which was

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