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The Mason F. Cogswell letters are made up of letters that Cogswell, an American physician, wrote about 18th- and 19th-century medical practices.

The Mason F. Cogswell letters are made up of 4 letters that Cogswell, an American physician, wrote about 18th- and 19th-century medical practices. The first 2 letters are addressed to Shubael Breed of Norwich, Connecticut, and include Cogswell's response to a description of a sea voyage and a discussion of emetics (October 20, 1786). Cogswell's second letter to Breed is more personal, celebrating "A New Epocha of Liberty and Happiness" (August 12, 1788). On December 1, 1801, Cogswell wrote to Elias Graves of Guilford, Connecticut, about an unsuccessful cataract surgery. His letter of March 5, 1828, to David Hossac[k], a professor at Rutgers Medical College, affirmed that Henry Burnham, who recently passed an examination, had fulfilled all of his obligations under Cogswell's supervision.