Rutgers Medical College

Medical College founded in New York City by David Hosack in 1826; loosely affiliated with Rutgers College from 1826-1827. Later, the Rutgers Medical Faculty operated in affiliation with Geneva College in Geneva, New York. In 1830 New York legislature determined illegal affiliation and the faculty dissolved.

From the description of Minutes and student rosters, 1826-1830. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775529

The history of Queen's and Rutgers College's involvement in medical education in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries centers on Nicholas Romayne, and David Hosack, two prominent New York City physicians who sought at various times an academic sponsorship for their medical schools. Their flamboyant personalities and notoriety attracted students and money away from competing schools and drew animosity to them like a magnet. The story of the intrigues and political in-fighting of New York City's physicians, their medical societies and institutions during this time period is a complex one. Queen's/Rutgers College was the beneficiary of its geographic proximity to New York City, but in each case, sponsorship by the New Brunswick school created controversy in the medical profession in New York and resulted in political maneuvering involving county and state medical societies, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Regents of the State University of New York, the New York State Legislature, and ultimately, the New York State Supreme Court.

Romayne's various New York City based medical schools were sponsored by Queen's College from 1792-1793 and again from 1812-1816, when the school closed. Hosack's medical school was sponsored by Rutgers College from 1826-1827, as the Medical Faculty of Rutgers College. The association ended when the New York State legislature passed a bill negating medical degrees, as licenses to practice medicine in New York State, granted outside of New York State. Hosack found subsequent sponsorship in-state from Geneva College, Geneva, N.Y., and used the name Rutgers Medical Faculty of Geneva College, despite the lack of association with Rutgers College. Rutgers College, undeterred by the lack of an officially appointed medical faculty, continued to grant honorary M.D. degrees until 1835, when common sense seemed to strike, and the trustees declined a request to grant any additional such degrees.

From the description of Records 1792-1973 (inclusive), 1792-1830 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78227726