Alexander von Humboldt

 

Saunders, J. B. de C. M. HUMBOLDTIAN PHYSICIANS IN CALIFORNIA. Davis: University of California, 1971.
Lecture given by Dr. Saunders' on the influence of Baron Alexander von Humboldt on several of the early California physicians.  Baron von Humboldt believed that man's biological adjustment to his environment, rather than the historical past or cultural traditions, will determine the future.  The popularizing of his interpretations fostered Western expansion in the United States.  Dr. Saunders discusses a unique grouping of emigrant California physicians who became followers of the Humboldtian doctrine.
Sacramento Room
SPE 616.988 H919zs 1971 CAL

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Alexander von Humboldt