Vermont Medical College History Woodstock VT, 1945 19th Century Doctor Education
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THE STORY OF A COUNTRY MEDICAL COLLEGE - A HISTORY OF THE CLINICAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE VERMONT MEDICAL COLLEGE, WOODSTOCK VERMONT, 1827-1856by Frederick Clayton WaitePublished by the Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier VT, 1945213 pages; illustrated frontis History of the Vermont Medical College, founded in 1827 by Joseph Adam Gallup, MD. Prior to the use of anesthesia and routine surgery, medical colleges did not need to be near a hospital. With the advent of the use of... anesthesia, the founding of the AMA which gave prestige to urban medical colleges, along with the financial problems of the 30's, most country medical schools closed, including this one in 1856.
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