University Hospital records, 1898-2004.

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University Hospital records, 1898-2004.

Materials in this collection include the School of Nursing Alumnae Association meetings journal and the Medical Staff Executive Committee and Department minutes. The materials range in date from 1898 to 2004.

20.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7911599

George Washington University

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George Washington University. Hospital

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In 1847 the medical department of Columbian College became the National Medical College. In the early 1850s, it was in the forefront of medical education in the nation.The infirmary was enlarged in 1853, in response to growing need. The improved facility allowed the faculty to include clinical studies formally in the curriculum. Since few schools taught clinical medicine before the early twentieth century, this addition was remarkable in its foresight. With the beginning to the Civil War in 1861...