Arthur Dean Bevan Papers, 1894-1953.

Council on Medical Education and Hospitals (American Medical Association)

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Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago

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Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

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Rush Medical College

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Rush Medical College was one of the first medical schools founded west of Ohio. It was named by its founder, Dr. Daniel Brainard, in honor of Benjamin Rush, M.D., the physician-statesman who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the nineteenth century, Rush grew quickly, paralleling Chicago's rapid growth as a major urban center. In the manner of most medical schools in the 1800's, Rush was a proprietary institution owned and operated by a group of phys...

Bevan, Arthur Dean, 1861-1943.

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Surgeon Arthur Dean Bevan was born in Chicago, Ill., 6 or 9 August 1861. Bevan graduated from Rush Medical School in 1883. He became a professor of anatomy at Rush Medical College, 1887; associate professor of surgery, 1889; and professor of surgery, 1902. He succeeded Nicholas Senn as head of the surgical department at Rush and Presbyterian Hospital in 1907. He held these positions until his retirement from medicine in 1934. Bevan held many positions in several medical organization...