Barton, E. H.

THE CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER CITIES IN AMERICA [Inscribed]

New York: H. Bailliere, 1857. Third Edition. Octavo, 20, 2, 17, vi, 7-282 pages, [9] folding plates. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary black embossed cloth with gilt titling to spine. Boards are slightly shaken with some areas of discoloration and slight cracks and tears to spine edges and corners. Text block is clean but shows extensive age toning and foxing throughout. Inscribed by author on front free end page: "Tho. L. Brinsmade from the author February 1859" and "Tho, C. Brinsmade" on title page. Nine folding plates present and intact. Ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. MF Consignment.

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Thomas Clark Brinsmade (1802–1868) was a physician in Troy, New York, who was the sixth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He received an honorary degree in medicine from Yale University in 1839. After the deaths of Stephen Van Rensselaer (1839) and Amos Eaton (1842), when the Rensselaer School was in dire need of funds, Brinsmade bought the entire property and equipment of the school at an auction. He allowed faculty and students to use it until the school could repay him.

He was a president of the Rensselaer Medical Society and later moved to the state medical society. In 1857 he was elected its vice-president of the State Medical Society, and the following year, president.

He was one of the earliest patrons of Rensselaer and a trustee for twenty years. He was elected its sixth president of the Institute on May 7, 1868. His tenure was short-lived, however, as he died during a meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 22, 1868, while giving a speech demanding for more funds. (Wikipedia)