Hearing files to investigate eclectic medical schools, 1916-1926.

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Hearing files to investigate eclectic medical schools, 1916-1926.

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The Board of Registration in Medicine and its successors have been responsible for qualifying physicians and surgeons to practice in Massachusetts and for investigating infractions of the Medical Practice Act (MGLA c 112, s 2 et seq). Hearing files to investigate eclectic medical schools were compiled by the board during an investigation begun in 1924 in response to a Connecticut grand jury investigation revealing that four schools (Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery, Cambridge; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston; St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons; and Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery) were suspected of issuing fraudulent diplomas. The board's investigation focused on the two Massachusetts schools as well as physicians registered in Massachusetts who had received their diplomas from all schools under investigation. Included are lists of physicians receiving degreees from institutions under investigation; correspondence, copies of transcripts, diplomas, examination records, and identification photographs verifying credentials of physicians practicing under diplomas issued by colleges under investigation; other correspondence pertaining to the investigation; background information on Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery; letters from informers and doctors seeking to clear their names; testimony given at hearings; correspondence between the board and the Attorney General's Office; copies of diplomas suspected of being fraudulent; miscellaneous notes; clippings; and publications including medical journals, bulletins of schools under investigation, and legal briefs.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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