''The Medical Repository'' was the first

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, founded in 1797 and published quarterly, with some interruptions, through 1824. It was printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of

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, New York. The journal's founding editors were

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, and Edward Miller. Smith edited the journal until his death in 1798, and Miller until his death in 1812, with Mitchill leaving his editorship after 1821; the final volumes were edited by

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and Charles Drake. The journal filled a vacuum in medical literature in the early United States, as most medical publications were European and difficult to obtain; the great demand for the journal is attested by the fact that its first two volumes were each reprinted twice, in 1800 and 1804.

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* * Defunct journals of the United States Publications established in 1797