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Abstract

During the past few months, we in Britain have shown considerable interest in the American bicentennial celebrations. When the circumstances are recalled, this attitude is perhaps surprising, but there have certainly been many events to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, ranging from an impressive exhibition at the Royal Maritime Museum at Greenwich to much less ambitious affairs in quite small communities. From the medical point of view, there has been a most interesting exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians in London entitled Medicine in America, 1680–1820.1 Much of the material in this . . .