American physician, politician and slave owner (1778-1850)

An inaugural thesis on jaundice : containing observations on the liver, and some of its diseases ; submitted to the examination of the Revd. John Ewing, S.T.P Provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania ; on the 6th day of June, 1799, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by James Norcom, of N. Carolina, honorary member of the Philadelphia Medical and Chemical societies.

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