[MEDICINE] CUTBUSH, Edward

A Discourse Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Institution of Geneva College, State of New-York, February 10, 1835

Geneva, NY: John Greves & Co., 1835. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 21cm.); disbound; 24pp. Light spotting to exterior leaves, else Very Good and internally fresh. The uncommon opening address delivered by the founder of Geneva Medical College, covering the various disciplines offered, including anatomy, obstetrics, and forensic medicine. Cutbush first rose to prominence as "the Nestor of the Medical Corps of the Navy," being one of the first, if not the first, surgeon to be commissioned when the Navy was reconstituted in 1799. He was later immortalized by Herman Melville as Surgeon Cuticle in "White-Jacket" (see Hennig Cohen, "Melville's Surgeon Cuticle and Surgeon Cutbush," in "Studies in the Novel," Vol. 5, no. 2, summer, 1973). AMERICAN IMPRINTS 31234; see also Sabin 18158.

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