Excerpt from The History of the Boston Medical Library Although the Boston Medical Library of 1805 had no real connection with the Library which was founded in 1875, the facts that the two have the same name, that the books and catalogues of the former are now in the latter, and that many of the descendants of the old Proprietors are members of the Library of today, have made me think that it might not be without interest to treat of the two together. During the forty-nine years which separated them, the Boston Athenaeum was carefully guarding the old books which it received in 1826, ready to turn them over to the young namesake as soon as it should prove itself worthy to receive them. In preparing the story of the old Library, I have been fortunate in having the friendly aid of Mr. Tuttle of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of Mr. Chevalier of the Boston Public Library and of Mr. Bolton of the Boston Athenaeum, whom I thank for their assistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.