Freneau's Satire of Rutgers

Authors

  • Philip Marsh Jarvis Chritian College, Texas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/jrul.v26i1.1418

Keywords:

Rutgers, Medical Education, Medicine

Abstract

Marsh discusses and reprints a tale Philip Freneau wrote for the Philadelphia "Aurora" in 1815. It is a satire on Rutgers about the awarding of medical degrees to "students" from New York, where presumably they were unable to obtain a degree.

Author Biography

Philip Marsh, Jarvis Chritian College, Texas

Rutgers University Libraries

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Published

2012-05-11

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