Alexander Anderson, A medical grammar, circa 1795

Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library

1795

Alexander Anderson was a New York City physician and illustrator. He was the first physician at Bellevue Hospital, established in 1795 to treat patients in a yellow fever epidemic, but he is best known as one of the first American wood engravers. This is a manuscript with three pen and ink drawings done by Dr. Anderson when he was 20 years old, relating to his medical practice and his interest in engraving.

Mss Collection – Alexander Anderson papers

Medicine--Practice--New York (State)--New York
Physicians--New York (State)--New York
Wood-engravers--New York (State)--New York

drawings (visual works)
holographs (autographs)
manuscripts (documents)
pen and ink drawings

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