Special meeting, December 1831. 1831.

Medical College of South Carolina (1824-1838)

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Medical Society of South Carolina

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Benevolent organization of physicians founded, 1789, in Charleston, S.C.; considered the fourth oldest medical society in existence; the Society functioned as a board of health for Charleston until the City established a board in 1808; served as a licensing board for physicians and apothecaries; in 1840s, helped found the South Carolina Medical Association; in 1824, the Society founded the Medical College of South Carolina (today known as the Medical University of South Carolina) for teaching an...

Wilson, Robert, 1838-1924

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Robert Wilson (1838-1924) was a physician who served as a surgeon in the C.S.A. Army during the Civil War and afterwards became an Episcopal minister. He was born in Charleston, S.C., the son of James Mazyck Wilson (1814-1887) and Ann Isabel Gibbes Wilson. His second wife was Ann Jane Shand. His son, Robert Wilson, Jr. (1867-1946), was a distinguished physician and educator. From the description of Reverend Robert Wilson papers, 1885-1913. (The South Carolina Historical Society). Wor...