History of medical education and institutions in the United States : from the first settlement of the British colonies to the year 1850 ; with a chapter on the present condition and wants of the profession, and the means necessary for supplying those wants, and elevating the character and extending the usefulness of the whole profession / by N. S. Davis.

  • Davis, N. S. (Nathan Smith), 1817-1904.
Date:
1851
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    commencement in that College, in June, 1768; and a number of others were annually thereafter honored with the same degree, until the opera- tions of the School were suspended by the vicis- situdes of war. During this period very few seem to have applied for the higher degree of Doctor in Medicine, either in Philadelphia or New York. We have no means of ascertaining what rules were adopted for the government of the College in New York; or what were the requisites for the graduation of medical students. It is certain, however, that the prosperity of the school was not proportioned to the known respectability and learning of the professors. Thus, we are told by Dr. N. Romaine, that in 1774, six years after its first organization, only about 25 persons at- tended the Anatomical Lectures, some of whom were students from the West Indies. This want of prosperity has been attributed to the conduct of the governors of the College; but with what justice, we are entirely unable to judge. The medical books then in general use, were the writings of Sydenham, Boerhaave, Van Swieten, Mead, and Iluxham ; the Physiology of Haller; the Anatomy of Cowper, Cheselden, and Munro ; the Surgery of Sharp, Le Dran, and Pott; the Midwifery of Hunter and Smellie ; and