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IN MEMORY OF LEVI IVES, MD 1816-1891 by D. Daggett L. Sanford, & S. D. Gilbert IN MEMORY OF LEVI IVES, MD 1816-1891 by D. Daggett L. Sanford, & S. D. Gilbert POB#57606 TITLE: In memory of Levi Ives, M.D. : who was born in New Haven, Conn. July 13.1816, and died in New Haven, November 30, 1891. AUTHOR: David L. Daggett, Leonard J. Sanford, Samuel D. Gilbert PUBLISHER: [New Haven, CT]: [Printed at Curtis & Bradley] DATE: 1891 DESCRIPTION: 50 pages, 25cm CONDITION NOTES: ACCEPTABLE due to a detached front cover. Otherwise VERY GOOD with clean pages, free of marks, creases or tears. PAMPHLET is FINE without exception BINDING: Full Calf . Memorial for the son of Levi Ives, M.D., one of the founders of Yale Medical Institution. . Levi Ives (Jr.) practiced medicine at Yale for about 50 years. According to the obituary by David Daggett (laid in, a 2 page pamphlet) his was a long and unusually successful career. "No man could be more devoted to his profession. With rare singleness of purpose, forging the allurements of ease and pleasure, he surrendered himself to the welfare of his patients, faithfully and anxiously watching over them" . Dr. Ives life spans an extraordinary evolution in the role of the physician in society. The care and diligence of the memorial reveals the high level of respect and status that medical doctors continue to receive today. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog