"Jeff College Boys": Thomas Eakins, Dr. Forbes, and anatomical fraternity in postbellum Philadelphia

American Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-383

  Braddock, Alan C ^a  

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EID: 33749404339     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2005.0020     Document Type: Review

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