Tribute to the memory of the late Caspar Wistar / ... By his friend, David Hosack ... Delivered in the hall of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Jan. 26, 1818.

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
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1818
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    ry and professional attainments, and so distinguished was his career of usefulness, that we are naturally led to trace the progress of that mind, that has been ca- pable of effecting so much for the benefit of his fellow men. Dr. Caspar Wistar was a native of that city, which he adorned by his learning, and enriched by his la- bours : he was born in the year 1760: his parents were of German extraction, and belonged to the soci- ety of friends, of which they were highly respected members. Dr. Wistar received his elementary education at the celebrated grammar school that had been originally established in the city of Philadelphia, by William Penn. At that seminary he received an excellent English and classical education, the institution being at that time under the direction of Mr. John Thomp- son, an eminent scholar, and very able teacher of the Latin and Greek languages, and now a respectable merchant in the city of Philadelphia. With the pre- paratory knowledge thus acquired, young Wistar re-