Biographical memoir of Franklin Bache, M.D : prepared at the request of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : read before the college, May 3d and June 7th, 1865 / by George B. Wood.

  • Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879.
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1865
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Credit: Biographical memoir of Franklin Bache, M.D : prepared at the request of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : read before the college, May 3d and June 7th, 1865 / by George B. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the present instance, paths for the exertion of his abili- ties, but seizing whatever opportunities offered them- selves for promoting his professional welfare. Of these friendly offices Dr. Bache ever showed himself highly sensible, as evinced, among other proofs, by giving his name to his son, the present Dr. Thos. Hewson Bache, and by the dedication to him, in part, of the earlier editions of the U. S. Dispensatory. While upon the subject of lecturing, it will be most convenient, without turning aside to other matters of record, to pursue this line of our biography to the end. The first public appointment of Dr. Bache as a lecturer was to the Professorship of Chemistry in the Franklin Institute, which took place in 1826. This chair he continued to hold, giving annually, in the winter, an elementary course, without special relation to medicine, till the year 1832, when he resigned it, in order to ac- cept what he considered a more eligible position in the School of Pharmacy. In the mean time, however, his field of exertion, in this capacity, was enlarged by another appointment, which, as its duties were to be performed in the warmer seasons, did not interfere with the exercise of his pro- fessorial function. In the year 1830, two associations were organized for the instruction of medical pupils, upon a combined system of lectures and examinations, which at that time had become the prevalent method of private medical tuition in this city. It was attended with two great advantages; first, that the pupil was