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American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Johnson.

by Johnson, Victoria, 1969-

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Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018.

Hosack, David, 1769-1835.

Medical botanists -- United States -- Biography.

Botany, Medical -- United States.

9781631494192 (hc.)

x, 461 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Tear in pieces the doctors" -- "An endless source of innocent delight" -- "Ripping open my belly" -- "He is as good as the theatre" -- "The grass is three feet high in the streets" -- "Doctor, I despair" -- "There are no informed people here" -- "H -- k is enough, and even that unnecessary" -- "This delicious banquet" -- "I long to see Captain Lewis" -- "Strange noises, low spirits" -- "Such a piece of downright imposture" -- "You know, better than any man" -- "Instead of creeping along the earth" -- "Your fortunate city" -- "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" -- "Like a romance."

"Whether collecting specimens along the banks of the Hudson River, lecturing before a class of rapt medical students, or breaking the fever of a young Philip Hamilton, David Hosack was an American visionary who has been too long forgotten. Alongside other towering figures of the post-Revolutionary generation, he took the reins of a nation. In unearthing the dramatic story of his life, [the author] offers a lush depiction of the man who gave a new voice to the powers and perils of nature."--From publisher.

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