Ten Edinburgh medical dissertations of 1770, bound by George Logan

William Logan of Philadelphia presented one of the theses in this volume. He should not be confused with George Logan (1753-1821), who took his Edinburgh degree in 1779. George Logan was a Philadelphian physician and the grandson of James Logan, William Penn's Secretary. Further research is required to verify the identity of the thesis author. He later went on to serve in both the Pennsylvania legislature and senate. His contemporaries were Thomas Jefferson and Charles Willson Peale.

James McClurg (1746 - 1823) graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1770. He was a well-known physician from Virginia, who was a delegate of the Constitutional Convention, which helped frame the federal Constitution. McClurg acted as a surgeon during the American Revolution and was later promoted to the Medical Director. Later, he served as mayor of Richmond and was a member of the Medical Society of Virginia.

William Brown (1748 - 1792) graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1770. Dr. Brown was elected Surgeon General by Congress in 1777 and was Washington's physician with whom he spent a winter in Valley Forge during the American Revolution. Brown studied medicine in Scotland and came to America soon after. He published the first Pharmacopeia in the United States, which served in all military hospitals during the American Revolution. He was well acquainted with Washington, Jefferson, Rush, and Madison. Brown also served as the chairman of trustees of the Alexandria Academy at the direct request of George Washington. This particular dissertation by Brown is one of the earliest devoted to environmental medicine and atmospheric pathogens.

The sammelband gathers ten medical dissertations of the graduating class of 1770. A rare gathering of medical dissertations with important connections to the American Revolution.

Logan Family Papers. A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography. American National Biography. 1. Epistola Physiologica Inauguralis de Elementariis Musicae Sensationibus. Ludovicus Odier. Edinburgh: 1770. 49pp. 2. Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis de Scorbuto. David Stuart. Edinburgh: 1770. 40pp. 3. Tentamen Medicum Inaugurale, de Regimine Phthisicorum. Gulielmus Logan. Edinburgh: 1770. 37pp, [1]. 4. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Ictero. Johannis Ravenscroft. Edinburgh: 1770. 29pp + [3]. 5. Dissertatio Medicia Inauguralis de Cortice Peruviano. Joannes Warren. Edinburgh: 1770. 51pp. 6. Tentamen Medicum Inaugurale, de Calore. Jacobus M’Clurg. Edinburgh: 1770. 52pp. 7. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Tartaro Emetico. Petrus Steele. Edinburgh: 1770. 35pp. 8. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Testiculi Post Inflammationem Veneream Tumore. Edinburgh: 1770. 35pp. 9. Disserato Physiologica Inaugralis de Nutritione. Isaac Mee. Edinburgh: 1770. 37pp + [3]. 10. Specimen Inaugurale Pathologicum de Viribus Atmosphere Sentienti Obviis. Gulielmus Brown. Edinburgh: 1770. 48pp + [2].

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