Washington University School of Medicine thesis collection ca. 1867-1871

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Washington University School of Medicine thesis collection ca. 1867-1871

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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In 1825-1826 a group of physicians led by Dr. Horation Gates Jameson, a prominent Baltimore surgeon, applied to the Maryland state legislature for a charter to found a medical college. When this request was denied because of pressure on the legislature from the already-existing University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, Jameson persuaded Washington College in Washington, Pa., to petition to establish a medical school in Baltimore under its charter. The school prospered init...