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VVhat forethought could have enabled Dr. Brainard to see in a small frontier town. poverty stricken. and ready to sink into the mud of its own sloughs. the beginning of the great western metropolis. it is impossible to say. Chicago at that time certainly seemed an unpromising location for a college. not only on account of the small number of inhabit- ants, but also on account of thelack of improvements. There were no railroads entering the city not even a good wagon- road. But two bridges. small and shaky. spanned the then narrow creek. and sloughs and quatginires were common in different parts of the town. The unpaved streets were knee deep in sand and mud. and uneven wooden sidewalks. sinking in the water. tailed to protect the feet of pedestrians. Two stages a week arrived lrom the eitst with passengers and mail, and as many departed. At long intervals vessels entered the little harbor. The tirst newspaper had just been established fthe Chicago Democrat. Go back with me in fancy to Dec. 4. IHQLEI. to the practical beginning of our college. In a small clapboard building on Clark street. near the center of the little city. fzfvffziff-ttro students gathered to hear the tirst introductory lecture in the new school which then had but four professors. Though the building was but the rude one occupied as an oftice by Dr. Rrainard: though the students were but poorly prepared for the complex study of medicine: though the location was but a little frontier town built on a low prairie. those men had faith in themselves and in the location that titty years has shown was not misplaced. ' YVith no hospital, clinics. laboratory. or apparatus. the work of teaching. as well as of learning. must have been ex- ceedingly difticult. The students were advised to bring at text-book on the subjects taught in the college. and from these they were supposed to study and learn what they did not learn from the lecturers, The tirst prospectus contained these words: The superior facilities for medical instruction in Chicago cannot, be denied by anyone acquainted with the towns in this region. The Trustees have determined to lay the foundations of at medical college which shall be per- manent. and will not fail to carry out these objects to the utmost of their ability. Prof. Brainard said in his closing words at the introductory lecture: lYe believe that the school we this day open is destined to be ranked among the permanent institutions of the state. lt will pass in time into other and better handsg it will live on, identitied with the interests of a great and prosperous city. How prophetic of the future as time has revealed it! The Faculty consisted of Daniel Brainard. Professor oi' Anatomy and Surgery: J. V. Z. Blaney. Professor ol' Chem- istry and Materia Medica: .Tohn McLean: Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine: Dr. Knapp. Professor of Ob- stetrics and Diseases ol' Women and Children. Dr. Davisson was Prosector to the Professor ol' Anatomy, This. though appearing to us a very nieagre teaching force. was the largest. and indeed the only corps ol' medical It-acliers then in Chicago. One degree was conferred at the close of the tirst session, that on William lluttertield. 18
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