The Library of Practical Medicine Volume 7 is a collection of Boylston Prize Dissertations for the year 1836. The Boylston Prize was a prestigious award for medical dissertations, established by Ward Nicholas Boylston in 1771. This volume, edited by Oliver Wendell Holmes, includes the winning dissertations from that year, covering a range of medical topics, including the treatment of cholera, the use of mercury in medicine, and the effects of climate...