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Certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren's course of anatomical lectures

Certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren`s course of anatomical lectures Engraving
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Alternative title: [Anatomical lectures certificate]

Engraving by Paul Revere

23.5 cm x 19 cm

Printed in Boston, [1780]. Completed in manuscript by John Warren, 28 March 1782 and issued to Israel Keith, Esq.


[ This description is from the project: MHS Collecting History ]

Dr. John Warren was the younger brother of Dr. Joseph Warren, the patriot leader who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. During the Revolution, John Warren was the medical director of the military hospital in Boston where he began his anatomical lectures in 1780. He later was a founder of the Harvard Medical School and the Boston Medical Society. The Historical Society's collection of the personal papers of physicians includes four generations of the Warren family.