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Up] [Dromo's Den] David Hosak Biography HOSACK,
David (1769-1835). An American physician and scientist, born in New
York. He graduated at Princeton
in 1789, studied medicine in Philadelphia and afterward. in Europe, and was
chosen professor of botany in Columbia College in 1795. In 1807 he became
professor of materia medica and of midwifery in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, then newly founded, and subsequently of the theory and practice of
medicine and of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. He was the
founder of the first botanic garden in the United States. He was connected with
Drs. Mott, Macnaven, and Francis in organizing the medical department of Rutgers
College at New Brunswick, N. J.; and in New York City he held various medical
positions in asylums and hospitals. He was one of the founders and for 12 years
president of the New York Historical Society and was a fellow of the Royal
Society of Great Britain, His publications include: Essays
on Various Subjects of Medical Science (1824-30); System of Practical Nosology (1829); Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine, edited by Henry W.
Ducachet (1838). The New International
Encyclopaedia, Vol. XI
(New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920)
452-453.
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