Admission ticket to the lectures on anatomy and surgery for Robert Thaxter

Item Information

Title:
Admission ticket to the lectures on anatomy and surgery for Robert Thaxter
Description:
The use of admission tickets for each course of a medical student's education was common until the late 19th century. Students paid the professor or lecturer directly and were then issued these passes for an academic session. Robert Thaxter (1776-1852) received a bachelor of medicine degree from Harvard in 1802; the doctor of medicine was conferred upon him in 1811. Admission ticket to an Harvard medical lecture for Robert Thaxter
Creator:
Warren, John, 1753-1815
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Francis A. Countway collection of cards of admission, 1776-1870 (inclusive). B MS c15
Francis A. Countway collection of cards of admission, 1776-1870 (inclusive). B MS c15.
Series:
Francis A. Countway collection of cards of admission, 1776-1870 (inclusive). B MS c15
Subjects:
Warren, John, 1753-1815
Thaxter, Robert, 1776-1852
Harvard Medical School
Admission tickets
Extent:
1 ticket
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13525
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the John Martyn Harlow Fund, 1941
Notes (date):
1797 October
Identifier:
DigID0003251