Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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:s 'E tv.. . . - ir- HISTURY UF THE 0011161 iggjmgamwmwgwmis W- ji 5 i 1 'vl?nl.:lll'gll EE E Milt H 5 ii S ii 2 5 .'.ll11 1-Mil M 1 ill 1tlt.gati NWT gg? VHMEEEE JAA, A 'itnll tl 14151511 ,,- . llttmptlii llilllvlllll 1 'R'- 1 l f'fff 1 '1 tt.. lf . ' ' 'E'Ll1ttl3A,1tiZ1l:i5,'f.!t' .': '-' HE vast and complex organization that is today-Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia had its simple beginnings in a phy- sican's office at the corner of lulianna and Vine Streets on a February day in 1848. On that day, Dr. lacob leans, Dr. Walter Williamson, and Dr. Constantine ...-- iw sr 1,....-- Y- Hering met in Dr. leans office, and de- ,- D? ..... , Dini- ,..,,.-,---.-- Y-. . .i, cided to apply to the Pennsylvania Legislature, then in session, for a med- ical school charter. It was the desire of these men to found a homeopathic medical school, where the student who desired a knowledge of the practice of homeopathy, might acquire such a knowledge systematicallyp and not, and had been the custom previously, by serving a haphazard apprenticeship under a practitioner of that art. The charter was granted, and on April 8, 1848, the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, the college now considered as the old school, was incorporated. And so, the impetus having been initiated by the three founders: the homeopathic physicians of the city set themselves to the task of procuring funds and obtaining a building where classes might be held. A building was leased at 228 Arch Street, a faculty appointed, and on Monday evening, Oc- tober 16, 1848, the opening session of the old college was held. Classes started the next day under the direction of a faculty consisting of: Caleb B. Matthews, MD., Materia Medicap Walter Williamson, M.D., Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Childrenp Francis Sims, M.D., Surgeryp Samuel Freedly, M.D., Botanyp Matthew Semple, M.D., Chemistry: William A. Gardiner, M.D., Anat- omyg Alvan E. Small, M.D., Physiology, and Alvan E. Small, MD., Pathology. The first year found fifteen students paying the S100 course fee, a S10 anatomy fee, and a S515 graduation fee, to attend classes. The year terminated with graduation exercises which were held March 15, 1849 in Music Fund Hall at which six men were graduated. The success of the first session of the old college demonstrated to the founders that more adequate facilities would be necessary if the college was to continue to grow and prosper, and so, during the summer of 1848, HAHNEMANN a search was made for larger quarters. These were found in a struc- HOSPITAL ture located on the North side of Filbert Street between Eleventh and isih supgulsav- -19381 - Qmi iw 'wi-,jd ,,,, L.,-,Sp H,.- Q 1201, 'J ff TTT, 559' J, 1 ,. s Q ' lf P' - 1 T f' -,- . ef we s 1 it itiiiw ir 1 ,- r 3 siw9! 1?,.-fgllin mv is -fs -. -f-ff in ,, .- -,w P --' E11'l T?E'l: T' TTU. 1 i Y.. 1 ' mvmi-,Wifi +.,, QT-XF3 T fE TM 55455 Q is ff W ! A Q .e.. .- l m .E .D Q ' P xi..-m ifiiii . i ti lr lg lilo at QTTQT' -if-if 1.141 l 'Q I mi s. 'lit' ' if . L , J ? g F r . t E E E T' 1 1 ' '. 'Yi'-,' 't l lrf I ' - :gif 1 1 .1 Iwi-' 5' -nfl f rw-- P' Ai? T 4 1 V -Vi ' Y lll?M1,J'l llwui1ul T-left it 1-1' ff laik? if .. is ml i ,f sj il llnfnqllifjliglgd :lv-is Tsx A ..... 1, Amllft- 1-13? ' . fxgfgxl 'r i f f hu ' .rf X so rtt .ii.iii..i1i. ...1 ,. ., . . ii 'T ' f H tf .... mmf Q

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THE OLD HOSPITAL tered in Pennsylvania in 1853, and which had ap- parently never held classes. ln Iuly, 1867 he secured a court order changing the name of the originally chartered school to the 1-lahnemann Medi- cal College of Philadel- phia. Thus began what is now considered to be the new college. The second and third floors of a build- ing at 1897 Chestnut Street were rented and the new college began classes on October 13, 1867. The first session ended with a com- mencement at Music Fund Hall on March 4, 1868. For its second and last ses- sion, the new college moved to a building at 18 North 10th Street, and this ses- sion ended with a commencement at the Academy of Music on March 3, 1869. ln the meantime, most of the faculty of the old college, being in sympathy with l-lering, were attempting to work out a plan for the union of the two col- leges. The opportunity to consummate this union was afforded in 1869 when the dominant stockholder of- fered to sell his holdings in the old college. With Dr. Walter VT Williamson acting as the agent for Hering, the deal was trans- 1 acted, and the major portion of the stock of the old college was transferred to Dr. 1-lering. The two colleges were le g ally merged by an act of the Legis- lature on April 2, 1869, and a supplementary act on March 11, 18705 and so the old Homeo pathic Medical College of Penn sylvania passed out of exist ance, and the 1-lahnemann Med- I ical College became the only homeopathic medical college in Philadelphia. The combined college, lo- cated at the old Filbert Street address, grew steadily in size, wealth, and faculty, until final- ly, the increasing numbers of students made it imperative that more adequate facilities be THE OLD SCHOOL