SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

Page 18 text:

gang Qallmarcl Ma Mgr gmiagpiita OP BROOKLYN, INTEVV' YORK- THE FIRST COURSE OF LECTURES IN THIS INSTITUTION, WILL BE COMMENCED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1860 AND CONTINUE SIXTEEN WEEKS. . .. . H.. ...W .. -.- .... ..,.. ':.-.-.-....---....:1-:,....-.. BOARD 0? HBGRNT32 HON. SAMUEL SLOAN, PRESIDENT. LIVINGSTON K. MILLER, ESQ., Sacxmralzv. , common.: T. L. MASON, M. D. C. L. MITCHEL, M. D. WM. II. DUDLEY, M. D. J. H. HENRY, M. D. P R 0 F 3 S 8 0 R 8 X AUSTIN FLINT, M. D., fNew-Orleans School ot' Mcdicineg Protbssor of Practical Medicine and Pathology. FRANK II. HAMILTON, M. D., fllniversity ot' Butialo,j Professor of Surgery. ' JAMES D. TRASK, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and diseases ot' women and children. R. OGDEN DOREMUS, M. D., QNew-York Medical College,l Profes:-lor of Chemistry and Toxicology. JOSEPH C. IIUTCIIISON, M. II., Protcssor of Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery. JOHN C. DALTON, M. D., fColl. ofPhysicians and Surgeons, N. YJ Prof. ot' Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy. DE WITT C. ENOS, LI. D., Professor of General and Descriptive Anatomy. EDWIN N. CHAPMAN, M. D., Protbssor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. DIUQNBTBATOR OF ANILTOUY! J. G. JOHNSON, M. D. 18 9

Page 17 text:

The Histor of Downstate Long Island College Hospital, 1860 I n 1860 21 degrees were conferred on the first graduates of the Long Island College Hospitals. At that time Brooklyn was a bustling seaport of 250,000 people, the third largest city in the United States. 109 years later Brooklyn has expanded in both size and population and the Long Island College Hospital has evolved into one of the largest medical centers in the world. lt was an inauspicious beginning in 1856 when a small group of German doctors founded a chari- table institution known as the Brooklyn German General Dispensary housed in a small brick building. ln 1857 they expanded and made plans for the St. Johns Hospital. However, this hospital was never built. Dr. William Dudley, who had recently returned from studying medical education abroad, convinced the group to help in the establishment of the first American medical school associated with a hospital. Thus Long Island College Hospital was chartered in 1858 and Brooklyn's only medical school was born. This hospital was located in the former Perry Mansion in Brooklyn Heights. It was not an immedi- ate success, closing down in September of 1859 with debts of over 55,000 Plans were made to sell the property. After numberous disputes, staff resig- nations and policy changes the hospital reopened on March 29, 1860 and classes began the following day. 17

Page 19 text:

ff iw l .-2' FACULTY UF THE COl.I.I1IUE, 1860. AUSTIN FHNT, SR., MJD., l.l,.Il. FRANK H. HAh!ILTON, M.A., M.D., LL.lJ, JAMES IJ. 'I'l:,xsx, MA Nl D josmfu C. Hl'TCHlS4JN, M.D., LLD. JQHN C. 1JAl.'roN, ILA., M.D. Ijli xVlT'l' LL. lixus. X R. OGDEN DoRh:m's, M.A., MJD., I,I,.U. I-luwxx N. Cu.-svn.-xx, BLA., BLU