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Thesis, 1867-1871
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 506 |
| Creator | Washington University (Baltimore, Md.) |
| Title | Washington University School of Medicine Thesis Collection
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| Dates: | ca. 1867-1871 |
| Quantity: | 0.66 linear feet (44 items) |
In 1825-1826 a group of physicians led by Dr. Horation Gates Jameson, a prominent Baltimore surgeon, applied to the Maryland state legislature for a charter to found a medical college. When this request was denied because of pressure on the legislature from the already-existing University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, Jameson persuaded Washington College in Washington, Pa., to petition to establish a medical school in Baltimore under its charter. The school prospered initially, and a new charter was awarded in 1839, wherein the college changed its name to Washington University of Baltimore with the intent to add curricula in Law, Divinity, Arts and Sciences. The new schools never materialized, but the university continued to flourish and a new building was constructed in 1849. Funds began to diminish, however, and the University closed in 1851.
The medical school was reborn in 1867, when a group of Confederate physicians led by Edward Warren (Surgeon-General of North Carolina during the Civil War) united to form a medical school with the expressed purpose to "arrest the tide that tended Northward, and offer to the young men of the South congenial homes." The school opened in an old converted warehouse and during its first year succeeded in having the Maryland legislature pass an act authorizing the erection of the Maryland Free Hospital in connection with the college. However, the rebirth was shortlived and the school closed for good in 1871.
[Excerpted from "Medical Care in the City of Baltimore, 1752-1919" by Nancy Bramucci, 2001. http://www.mdhistoryonline.net/mdmedicine/cfm/schools.cfm]
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The collection consists of forty four thesis and essays submitted for completion of their medical degrees by students at Washington University School of Medicine of Baltimore (Washington Medical College) in Maryland.
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Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding use. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Education, Medical |
| Corporate Names |
| | Washington University (Baltimore, Md.) |
| Geographic Names |
| | Maryland |
| Genre Terms |
| | Academic Dissertations |
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Washington University (Baltimore, Md.) Washington University School of Medicine Thesis Collection. ca. 1867-1871. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 506.
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Theses, 1867-1871
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| 1 | 1 | Thesis on diagnosis, Aston, R. B. of Virginia, Feb. 1, 1868 |
| 1 | 2 | A thesis on enteric fever, Baker, Thos. H., Caytinsville, Georgia, Feb. 4, 1868 |
| 1 | 3 | A thesis on typhoid fever, Caldwell, J. W. from Kentucky, Session 1867-68 |
| 1 | 4 | Thesis - inflammation, Calurle, Wm. P. of Virginia, [n.d.] |
| 1 | 5 | A thesis on typhoid fever, Cauthorn, G. T. of Virginia, [n.d.] |
| 1 | 6 | An inaugural dissertation upon the symptoms and treatment of dysentery, Cline, Wm. P., Virginia, [n.d.] |
| 1 | 7 | A thesis on gun shot wounds, Cowan, R. V. of North Carolina, Jan. 8, 1868 |
| 1 | 8 | Dyspepsia, Crittenden, H. H. W., Virginia, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 9 | A thesis on typhoid fever, Dreuch, Columbia of Florida, March Jan. 1869
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| 1 | 10 | A thesis on gun shot wounds,
Fewell, Jno. W., [n.d.]
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| 1 | 11 | Thesis on intermittent fever, Forte, W. A. of Auburn, North Carolina, Session 1868-69
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| 1 | 12 | Thesis on inflammation, Getzendanner, John W. of Frederick City, Maryland, Feb. 1, 1868
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| 1 | 13 | Thesis on typhoid fever,
Gray, Geo. D. of Arkansas, Course 1867-68
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| 1 | 14 | A dissertation on "typhoid fever",
Hall, Eugenius A. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 15 | An essay on neuralgia,
Heath, Robt. A. of Georgia, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 16 | An inaugural dissertation on small pox,
Holbrook, W. H. H. of Queen Ann's County, Maryland, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 17 | Thesis on chloroform,
Johnson, John Thad of Georgia, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 18 | A thesis on compression of the brain,
Jones, A. J. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 19 | Thesis on the circulation of the blood,
King, J. W. of South Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 20 | Thesis on fractures, Larrs, T. L. of Virginia, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 21 | Thesis on anatomy, Latham, William W. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 22 | Thesis on acute pneumonia,
Laxton, J. Lavender of North Carolina, Sept. 27, 1871
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| 1 | 23 | Thesis on scarlatina, Lupton, J. L. F. of Virginia, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 24 | Thesis typhoid fever, McCain, J. H. of Alabama, Session 1868-69
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| 1 | 25 | Thesis upon malignant cholera,
Marshall, J. A. of Virginia, Feb. 1, 1868
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| 1 | 26 | A thesis on hernia, Millard, D. T. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 27 | An essay on croup, Morgan, Albert S., Elizabeth City, N.C., [n.d.]
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| 1 | 28 | A thesis on intermittent fever,
Parks, T. M. of N. Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 1 | 29 | A thesis on "lachryma", Payne, Charles M. of North Carolina, Jan. 1868
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| 1 | 30 | Thesis on fecundation of the human ovum, Payne, James P. of Virginia, Session 1867-68
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| 2 | 1 | A thesis: Smyrna opium, Peirce, Joseph B., Session 1867-68
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| 2 | 2 | Thesis on miasmatic fever,
Perry, Jno. D. of N. Carolina, Session 1867-68
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| 2 | 3 | Thesis on quinsy, Scott, John D.,
Feb. 1868
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| 3 | 4 | A thesis on transmatic hemorrhage,
Shuford, John W. of North Carolina, Jan. 3, 1868
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| 2 | 5 | Thesis on erysiphelas, Sparrow, S. P. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 2 | 6 | Thesis on leucorrhoea, Speed, E. A. of North Carolina, Session 1868-69
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| 2 | 7 | Thesis: Recto vaginal fistula, Suddarth, J. L., Va., [n.d.]
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| 2 | 8 | A thesis on remittent fever, Thomas, N. G. of Tennessee, [n.d.]
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| 2 | 9 | Thesis on congestive fever, Toombs, R. G. of Mississippi, Feb. 1, 1868
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| 2 | 10 | A thesis on the science of medicine,
Waldo, S. P. of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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| 2 | 11 | Thesis on pleurisy, Wilhelm, James T.
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| 2 | 12 | Thesis on digestion, Williams, E. S.[?]
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| 2 | 13 | An essay on "intermittent fever",
Williamson, E. R., Jr., Session 1868-69
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| 2 | 14 | Thesis vaccina, Wright, W. Arch of North Carolina, [n.d.]
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