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Nathan Smith (physician, born 1762)

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A collection of notes taken on his medical lectures between 1814 and 1815 are held at the National Library of Medicine. The Nathan Smith Society at Dartmouth College serves students interested in the health professions.
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where he obtained his M.B. in 1790. Smith was the third graduate of Harvard's medical department. He was later awarded an MD by Harvard in 1811. In 1803 Smith matriculated at the
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Smith decided to study medicine at age 24, after seeing an operation performed by Dr. Josiah Goodhue. Smith spent three years with Dr. Goodhue at
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Smith died January 26, 1829 at New Haven, Connecticut. Three of his sons became physicians, the most prominent being
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and treasurer of the medical school, also. Smith emphasized experience rather than theory, and he largely eschewed
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To address the new nation's need for expanded medical education, Smith founded the medical department at
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A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918
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At Yale, Smith was the first professor of physic, surgery and obstetrics.
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on September 30, 1762. When he was young, the family moved to a farm in
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Nathan Smith (disambiguation)

Rehoboth, Massachusetts
New Haven, Connecticut
Harvard Medical School
University of Edinburgh Medical School
Nathan Ryno Smith
New England
Dartmouth Medical School
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Medical School of Maine
Yale School of Medicine
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Chester, Vermont
Vermont militia
Putney, Vermont
Cornish, New Hampshire
Harvard College's medical department
University of Edinburgh
Dartmouth College
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bleeding
purging
child Joseph Smith
Latter Day Saint movement
amputation
Nathan Ryno Smith
Smith-Theobald Family
The History of Cancer: An Annotated Bibliography
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