Boston Medical Library (1805–26)

The Boston Medical Library (1805–1826) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an offshoot of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement. The library "was founded by a group of doctors, a number of officers were then appointed. John Collins Warren was the Treasurer, John G. Coffin the Secretary. James Jackson (physician) and John C. Howard were the Trustees. "[1][2][3] In 1826 the library was transferred to the Boston Athenæum.[4]

References

1. https://www.countway.harvard.edu/bml/ Retrieved 2010-12-13
2. Boston Directory. 1810
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Farlow, 1918

Further reading

• Boston Medical Library (1808), Catalogue of books in the Boston Medical Library, Boston: Thomas Fleet, OL 1247630M
• John Woodford Farlow (1918), The history of the Boston Medical Library, Norwood, Mass: Priv. print. by the Plimpton Press, OL 7023148M

External links

• Media related to Boston Medical Library (1805-1826) at Wikimedia Commons
• "The Boston Medical Library: a Reconstruction of the Collection of 1805 and Its History." Exhibition held at Countway Library of Medicine.
• Boston Medical Library - Countway Library of Medicine