Samuel Bard (60)

Election date: 1767 (Elected to the American Society.)

Samuel Bard (1 April 1742–24 May 1821) was a physician and naturalist and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1767. Born in Philadelphia, he studied medicine under his father John Bard and briefly attended King’s College in New York before sailing to Scotland to attend Edinburgh University. Upon graduating in 1765, he followed the example of Edinburgh graduates (and fellow APS members) William Shippen, Jr. and John Morgan in seeking to formalize and promote medical education. In 1767 Bard joined several other young doctors in inaugurating a medical course at King’s College. During the American Revolution, he almost lost his medical practice because of his Loyalist sympathies. But influential patrons intervened on his behalf, and in 1789 he and his father successfully operated on George Washington while the President was in New York. After the war, Bard resumed his efforts to improve medical instruction. He was a founder of the New York Dispensary, served on the staff of the New York Hospital, and helped to reorganize King’s College as Columbia University, holding numerous faculty and administrative positions. When Columbia was united with rival medical schools, the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Medical Faculty of Queens College, he was elected president of the unified institution. Deeply interested in culture and history, Bard was also a member of the New York Society Library and the New York Historical Society. In retirement, he took renewed pleasure in botany and agriculture, publishing a Guide for Young Shepards as well as a popular guide to midwifery. (PI, DAB)



Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.001
A guide for young shepherds : or facts and observations on the character and value of merino sheep : with rules and precepts for their management, and the treatment of their diseases, as well as of sheep in general : collected from the latest and best writers on these subjects, and confirmed by the experience of the author and his friends.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed and sold by Collins & Co. no. 189, Pearl-Street, 1811.
Subjects:
Sheep. | Merino sheep.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 22298
APS Subjects:
Agriculture
Editions:
1x 1811
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.002
An attempt to explain and justify the use of cold in uterine hemorrhagies, with a view to remove the prejudices which prevail among the women of this city, against the use of this safe and necessary remedy.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible in Hanover Square, [1788]
Subjects:
Cold -- Therapeutic use. | Uterine hemorrhage. | Uterus -- Diseases.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 20951
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1788
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.003
A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery, : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed : calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed and sold by Collins and Perkins, no. 189, Pearl-Street, 1807.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 12080 | Shaw-Shoemaker 14448 | Shaw-Shoemaker 24746 | Shaw-Shoemaker 33992 | Shaw-Shoemaker 40137
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1807, 1x 1808, 1x 1812, 1x 1815, 1x 1817, 1x 1819
Editions Note:
Six editions, all published in New York: one in 1807, one in 1808, one in 1812 ("second edition"), one in 1815 ("third edition"), one in 1817 ("fourth edition"), and one in 1819 ("fifth edition"). The 1815 edition shortens the title, leaving off the closing phrase, "for students and young practioners." The 1817 and 1819 editions amend the title to, A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery, : containing practical instructions for the management of women, during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed : illustrated by many cases, and particularly adapted to the use of students.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.004
A discourse on the importance of medical education : delivered on the fourth of November, 1811, at the opening of the present session of the Medical School of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, no. 56 Pine-Street, 1812.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 24747
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1812
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.005
A discourse on medical education, : delivered at the medical commencement of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New-York, on the sixth of April, 1819.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, printer to the University, no. 101 Greenwich Street., 1819, 1819.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 47163
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1819
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.006
A discourse upon the duties of a physician, with some sentiments, on the usefulness and necessity of a public hospital : delivered before the president and governors of King’s College, at the commencement, held on the 15th of May, 1769 : as advice to those gentlemen who then received the first medical degrees conferred by that university.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by A. & J. Robertson, at the corner of Beaver-Street, [1769]
Subjects:
Medical ethics. | Physicians. | Hospitals.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 11168
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1769
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.007
An enquiry into the nature, cause and cure, of the angina suffocativa, or, sore throat distemper, as it is commonly called by the inhabitants of this city and colony.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by S. Inslee, and A. Car, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street, [1771]
Subjects:
Diphtheria
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 11977
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1771
Editions Note:
One edition.
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Member(s): Samuel Bard
60.008
Tentamen medicum inaugurale, de viribus opii; quod ... pro gradu doctoratus ... eruditorum examini subjicit, Samuel Bard, Americanus.
Creator(s):
Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821 (Author)
Publication:
Edinburgi [Edinburgh]: apud A. Donaldson et J. Reid, 1765.
Subjects:
Opium. -- Physiological effect.
Record Source:
APS
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1765
Editions Note:

One edition.

Holding Note: APS has one copy. The title page contains an inscription by the author: "To Doctr Franklin from his humbe. Servt. S Bard." View Holding