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Lecture notes by John George Metcalf, 1825-1826

Dr. John George Metcalf of Mendon attended Harvard Medical School and used this notebook during the lectures of Drs. John Collins Warren, Jacob Bigelow, and Walter Channing. The notebook also served as Metcalf’s diary, and his account of life at Harvard during the winter of 1825-1826 remains one of the earliest descriptions of the life and trials of the medical student.

Some Account of the Medical School in Boston, and of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1824

This brief promotional pamphlet describes the Harvard Medical School at its Mason Street location and also the clinical and surgical opportunities offered by the new Massachusetts General Hospital.  The school and hospital both at this period would have been familiar to John George Metcalf during his studies.