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Gentlemen
Being desirous of becoming a Member of the Medical Society of South Carolina I take the liberty of offering myself as a candidate; your favorable [illegible] will oblige
Gentlemen
Your obedt Servt
Matthew Irvine
Charleston 1st Septbr 1796
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| Title | Matthew Irvine's application for membership in the Medical Society of South Carolina |
| Creator Name | Irvine, Matthew, approximately 1755-1827 |
| Date | 1796 |
| Description | 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. The first of the Matthew Irvine Letters concerns Irvine's application for membership in the Medical Society of South Carolina in 1796. |
| Subject | Societies, Medical--South Carolina;Irvine, Matthew, approximately 1755-1827;Medical Society of South Carolina |
| Language | English |
| Contributing Institution | Waring Historical Library |
| Digital Collection | Waring Manuscript |
| Rights | Digital image copyright 2014, the Waring Historical Library, MUSC. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library. |
| SC County | Charleston County (S.C.) |
| Digitization Specifications | Cano-Scan 8600 F, 300dpi |
| Date Digital | 2014-06-01 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Media Type | Manuscripts |
| Resource Identifier | MSS 23 |
| Preferred Citation | Matthew Irvine Letters, MSS 23, Waring Historical Library, MUSC (Charleston). |
| Note | Transferred to the Medical College Library May 19, 1933 from the Medical Society of South Carolina. Matthew Irvine was born in Ireland in 1755 and came to the United States as a young boy to live with his brother in Philadelphia. He fought against the British during the Revolutionary War, serving as a surgeon in the army. He studied medicine before and after the war, though there is no evidence he received a medical degree from a university. After the war he settled in Georgetown, South Carolina, where he practiced medicine for ten years. Later he moved his practice to Charleston. Illness limited his practice, but he was pressed into service during the 1817 yellow fever epidemic about which he wrote his "Treatise on the Yellow Fever." He was a member and later president of the Medical Society of South Carolina in 1826 and received one of the first honorary degrees from the Medical College of South Carolina. He died in Charleston on August 31, 1827. |
| Project Identifier | Medical Society of South Carolina Fy 14 |
| Transcript | Gentlemen Being desirous of becoming a Member of the Medical Society of South Carolina I take the liberty of offering myself as a candidate; your favorable [illegible] will oblige Gentlemen Your obedt Servt Matthew Irvine Charleston 1st Septbr 1796 |
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