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LOT 45:
(1830) David Hosack M.D. Grades Choice AU. Undated but made around 1830. David Hosack (1769-1835) earned a ...
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(1830) David Hosack M.D. Grades Choice AU. Undated but made around 1830. David Hosack (1769-1835) earned a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. From 1795-1825, he held several professorships at what is now Columbia University. Hosack was an advocate of small pox vaccination and described the symptoms of yellow fever. In 1801, he founded the first botanical garden in the U.S. near New York as well as the NY Horticultural Society. The reverse contain lyre, spade, staff of Aesculapius, mounted sphere, bust, mallet and chisel, palette with brushes, notebook, square and compass.
