Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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■ 3J -i-|-|- |r| • i| I 48th Street College and Hospital Moss Mansion Administration Building iJ- WE HAVE Progressed The dreams and aspirations of Dr. O. J. Snyder and Dr. M. W. Pressly came to rea- lization when the Philadelphia College and In- firmary of Osteopathy became incorporated on the 24th of January, in the year 1899. The first college held its classes in the Stephen Girard Building at 21 South 12th Street with a faculty of seven professors and a grad- uating class of two students in 1900. Since then the college has been located at various parts of the city. Among these were the Witherspoon Building at 33 rd and Arch Streets, 1715 North Broad Street, 832 Pine Street, 19th and Spring Garden Streets and finally to its present site at 48th and Spruce Streets in 1929. In 1951 the hospital purchased the build- ings and grounds of the Women ' s Homeopathic Hospital at 20th and Susquehanna Avenue. Our progress has been rapid in the past fifty years and we have outgrown our facili- ties. This resulted in the purchase of 16 acres of land at City Line and Monument Road to be used as site of the future expansion program.

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swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Hygenia, and Pattacea, and all the gods, and goddesses that according to my ability and judgment; 7 will keep this oath and this stipulation — to reckon m who taught me this are equally dear to me as my parents, to share 7ny substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers and teach them this art af they shall tvish to learn it. Without fee or stipulation and that by precept lec- ture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knotvledge of the art to my otvn sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath. According to the law of medicine but to none others, I ' M ill follotv the system of regime xvhich, according to m y ' ability and judgment, I consider. For the benefit of my patients and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, I tvill give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked nor suggest any such counsel and in like manner I will not give to a tvoman a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and holiness I tvill pass Ttiy life and practice -my art. I tcill not cut persons laboring under the u i stone, but will leave this to be done by men tvho are prac- titioners of this xvork. Into tvhatever houses I enter, I tvill go into them for the benefit of the sick, and tvill abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves. Whatever in connection tvith my professional practice or not in connection tvith it, I see or hear, in the Jife of m en, tvhich ought not be spoken of abroad. I tvill not divulge as reckoning that all such should e kept secret. While I continue to keep his oath unvio- ated, may it be granted to m.e to enjoy life and the practice iof the art respected by all men in all times! But should I trespass and violate this oath, may the reverse be my lot! Jj ??UUm OATH

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y y .:- A BRIGHT NEW ERA in tlic liistory and development of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy was beckoned with the purchase, in June of 1957, of the sixteen acre Moss Estate at City Line Avenue and Monument Road. On June 7, 1958, the Moss Mansion, remodeled at a cost of $65,000, was opened and occupied as an administration building. Future plans call for the building of a two-unit 600 bed hospital, complete with out-patient and auxiliary services, a college with research facilities, an auditorium, a library, a student dormitory, nurses home and a building for staff and faculty.