An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species : to which are added, animadversions on certain remarks made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England : also, strictures on Lord Kaims' discourse on the original diversity of mankind : and an appendix / by Samuel Stanhope Smith.

  • Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819.
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An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species : to which are added, animadversions on certain remarks made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England : also, strictures on Lord Kaims' discourse on the original diversity of mankind : and an appendix / by Samuel Stanhope Smith. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New-Brunswick : Published by J. Simpson and Co. ; and Brannan and Morford, Philadelphia ; and E. Morford, Willington and Co., Charleston (S.C.), 1810 ([New-Brunswick] : L. Deare, printer)

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411 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

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The second edition....enlarged and improved.

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"Strictures on Lord Kaims' [i. e. Kames'] discourse on the original diversity of mankind": p. [307]-349
"Appendix. Of the natural bravery and fortitude of the American Indians": p. [351]-411
First published in Philadelphia in 1787
"Remarks on certain strictures made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White" (p. [247]-306) was published in London in 1799 under title: An account of the regular gradation in man, and in different animals and vegetables
Film 633 reel 89 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 89, no. 1777).

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1777
Shaw & Shoemaker 21369

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1960 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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