Broadsides (notices)

Content Description The collection of Italian medical documents includes 5 items, dating from 1618 to 1723, and are identified as two broadsides, one passport for bill of health, and two permits for transfer of goods.

Overview Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties. The...