The Medical Repository
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The Medical Repository was the first American
medical journal
, founded in 1797 and published quarterly, with some interruptions, through 1824.
It was printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College
, New York.
The journal's founding editors were Elihu H. Smith, Samuel L. Mitchill, and Edward Miller
. Smith edited the journal until his death in 1798, and Miller until his in 1812, with Mitchill leaving his editorship after 1821; the final volumes were edited by James R. Manley and Charles Drake
. The journal filled a vacuum in medical literature in the early United States, as most medical publications were European and difficult to obtain; the great demand for the journal is attested by the fact that its first two volumes were each reprinted twice, in 1800 and 1804.
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, founded in 1797 and published quarterly, with some interruptions, through 1824.
It was printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College
Columbia College of Columbia University
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, New York.
The journal's founding editors were Elihu H. Smith, Samuel L. Mitchill, and Edward Miller
Edward Miller
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. Smith edited the journal until his death in 1798, and Miller until his in 1812, with Mitchill leaving his editorship after 1821; the final volumes were edited by James R. Manley and Charles Drake
Charles Drake
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. The journal filled a vacuum in medical literature in the early United States, as most medical publications were European and difficult to obtain; the great demand for the journal is attested by the fact that its first two volumes were each reprinted twice, in 1800 and 1804.