Harvard Medical School admission cards collection, 1810-1863 (inclusive).

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Harvard Medical School admission cards collection, 1810-1863 (inclusive).

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Consists of admission cards to lectures given at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and various medical schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and New England.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...