Leonard G. Wilson papers 1888-1983

Wilson, Leonard G. (Leonard Gilchrist), 1928-

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Leonard Gilchrist Wilson was born on June 11, 1928 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. He earned his B.A. in biology from the University of Toronto in 1949, his M.Sc. from the University of London in 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1958 from the University of Wisconsin. From 1958-1959 he was a visiting instructor in the department of history at the University of California. In 1959, he accepted a position as an assistant professor in history at Cornell University and after one year, he joined the fa...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of the History of Medicine

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University of Minnesota. Medical School

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The 1851 territorial legislative act establishing the University of Minnesota provided for a Department of Medicine. This department, as originally instituted, was not an educational department but rather a credentialing board that provided examinations and conferred degrees upon physicians who had learned to practice medicine by studying with a preceptor. In April 1887, Percy Millard, Charles Hewitt, D. Hand, and President Cyrus Northrop petitioned the Board of Regents to abolish t...