An address to the guardians of the Washington Asylum / by Thomas Henderson.

  • Henderson, Thomas, 1789-1854.
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An address to the guardians of the Washington Asylum / by Thomas Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    If I am wrong in this position, the error will be readily acknowledged. To confirm it, let a brief review be made of the Medical Schools in our country. In Philadelphia, where the first Medical College was organized, the Hospital practice was given for the benefit of the School. It was continued until a few years since, when, the Alms House being a larger clinical house, it was applied for by the Professors; and after a contest with some of the Physicians of the city, they were estab- lished in it, as gratuitous Physicians and Surgeons, bound by the strictest regulations. The Medical Students pay a fee for the privilege of seeing the practice.* In New York, on the opening of the Medical College there, the Professors were invited and chosen to attend the Hospital. They continue to do so. The Alms House is in the country, beyond the reach of the School. In Boston, on an appeal from two of the Medical Pro- fessors, the community and corporation commenced an in- stitution, which has eventuated in a noble Hospital. The Professors attend it; the Students of Practical Medicine and Surgery are admitted gratuitously. No fees paid to the medical attendants. Here the Alms House is in the country, beyond the reach of the school. In Baltimore, in consequence of the remoteness of both Alms House and Hospital from the city, the citizens have created and support an Infirmary, for the express purpose of affording facility to the Medical School. The Profes- sors attend it, without fee. In Cincinnati, the Hospital endowed by the State, is under the medical attention of the Professors of their school; they are, ex officio, the medical officers of the House. * I am informed that to be eligible now to practise in the Hospital in Philadelphia, a contribution of thirty dollars is required.