The Medical Repository -- The First U.S. Medical Journal (1797-1824)

doi:10.1056/NEJM199712253372617

Volume 337:1926-1930		December 25, 1997		Number 26

The Medical Repository — The First U.S. Medical Journal (1797–1824)

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July 1997 marked the 200th anniversary of the founding of theMedical Repository, the first medical journal indigenous tothe United States (Figure 1). It was printed by T. & J.Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia Collegein New York City.¹^,²^,³^,⁴^,⁵ The journal, originally edited bySamuel Latham Mitchill, Elihu Hubbard Smith, and Edward Miller,was published quarterly from 1797 to 1824. Why was the MedicalRepository founded, who was responsible, and what was the proposedsubject matter?⁶^,⁷ Finally, who read it, and why did publicationcease in 1824?

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Presented to the American Osler Society meeting, Williamsburg, Va., April 4, 1997, and to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia as the Samuel X. Radbill Lecture, Philadelphia, October 7, 1997.
Penobscot Bay Medical Center
Rockport, ME 04856

Address reprint requests to Ms. Kahn at the Niles Perkins Health Science Library, Penobscot Bay Medical Center, 6 Glen Cove Dr., Rockport, ME 04856.

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