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== Background == | == Background == | ||
=== John Claiborne === | === John Claiborne === | ||
John Claiborne was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1777 (1). He became a doctor in 1798 after studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently practiced medicine. He came from a politically active family, succeeding his father, Thomas Claiborne, as a representative of Virginia’s 17th district in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses from 1805 to 1808 (1). | |||
=== Medical Education in Early America === | === Medical Education in Early America === | ||
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An inaugural essay on scurvy. : Submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 22d day of May, 1798, of the degree of Doctor of Medicine. / By John Claiborne, of Virginia, member of the Philadelphia medical and chemical societies.
Background
John Claiborne
John Claiborne was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1777 (1). He became a doctor in 1798 after studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently practiced medicine. He came from a politically active family, succeeding his father, Thomas Claiborne, as a representative of Virginia’s 17th district in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses from 1805 to 1808 (1).