Boylston prize dissertations : on 1. Inflammation of the periosteum. 2. Eneuresis irritata. 3. Cutaneous diseases. 4. Cancer of the breast. Also remarks on malaria / by Usher Parsons.

  • Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868.
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1839, ©1838
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Credit: Boylston prize dissertations : on 1. Inflammation of the periosteum. 2. Eneuresis irritata. 3. Cutaneous diseases. 4. Cancer of the breast. Also remarks on malaria / by Usher Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his second year of medical studies, and which was a fit presage of the brilliant though brief professional career of this extraordinary and lamented gentleman. Whoever has made the attempt will avow that the careful observation, wide research, and cautious induction necessary to prepare an essay for adjudication, give to the mind a most whole- some discipline that will be felt through life. In conclusion, it is but common justice to say, that when munificent individuals give such strong incitements to exertion in the promotion of sciences that tend to meliorate the thousand sufferings that flesh is heir to, and to elevate and adorn the character of man, they deserve to be enrolled among the foremost of public benefactors, and to have their name and fame embalmed in the hearts of every philanthropist. Such men were, Zabdiel and Nicholas and Ward Nicholas Boylston.