(MEDICINE) Clarke W Fairlie A Manual of the Practice of Surg

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PROPERTY OF THE PIONEERING A.T. AUGUSTA (MEDICINE.) Clarke, W. Fairlie. A Manual of the Practice of Surgery. Text illustrations. xi, 316 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear; contents clean; inked stamp on front free endpaper reading "Dr. A.T. Augusta." New York, 1879

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This standard medical text was the property of Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta (1825-1890), an American who trained at the University of Toronto after facing discrimination from medical schools in the United States. In 1863, he became the first African-American physician in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel. In 1868, he was hired as the first African-American medical professor, and the first African-American on the Howard University faculty.