James L. Kitchen student notebook, 1821
Book details
- Title
- James L. Kitchen student notebook, 1821
- Author
- Nathaniel Chapman Also
- Publication year listed
- 1821
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
James L. Kitchen student notebook, 1821
Author: Kitchen, Jr., James L.
Year: 1821
A notebook belonging to James L. Kitchen while a student at the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine between 1821 and 1822. The notebook contains notes for lectures by Nathaniel Chapman. Also included in the notebook are a continuation of notes for lectures by Rene Laennec written in French (most likely during Kitchen's time studying in Paris) and various entries of patient cases and treatments during the late 1820s. James L. Kitchen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine in 1822. After studying medicine in Europe, he came back to Philadelphia in 1824 and became a prominent physician and homeopath. Kitchen played a large role in helping establish the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania and was granted an honorary degree in homeopathy by the College in 1856. The Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania was founded in 1848 to provide standardized training in the emerging system of medicine called homeopathy. In 1869 the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical College (founded in 1867) merged to create a new institution called Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia.