The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes (Cambridge Edition)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2331066
Former church library copy - ink stamps and pocket. Ink name on first blank.
xxi, 352 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Oliver Wendell Holmes, (born Aug. 29, 1809, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.—died Oct. 7, 1894, Cambridge), American physician, poet, and humorist notable for his medical research and teaching, and as the author of the “Breakfast-Table” series of essays. Holmes read law at Harvard University before deciding on a medical career; and, following studies at Harvard and in Paris, he received his degree from Harvard in 1836. He practiced medicine for 10 years, taught anatomy for two years at Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), and in 1847 became professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard. He was later made dean of the Harvard Medical School, a post he held until 1882. His most important medical contribution was that of calling attention to the contagiousness of puerperal fever (1843). - Britannica
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