History of the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1845-1902 / by Harvey Wickes Felter.

  • Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1865-1927.
Date:
1902
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Credit: History of the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1845-1902 / by Harvey Wickes Felter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    individual who may have been for four years next preceding engaged in a constant and reput- able practice of medicine, and shall have attended one full course of medical lectures in this Institute, shall be permitted to present himself as a candidate for graduation before the Faculty and Board thereof. Sec. 9. That the Faculty and Board of this Institute shall not be permitted to grant a diploma to any applicant until such applicant shall have passed a thorough, critical, and im- partial examination; which examination shall be made by said Faculty, and shall include the various departments of medical science enumerated in Section 6 of this Act. Sec. 10. That the Board of Trustees appointed by the first section of this Act shall have power to perform all the duties which the said Board is hereby authorized to perform, until their successors shall have been chosen and qualified. Sec. 11. That all vacancies which may occur in the said Board of Trustees may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board. Sec. 12. That each and every stockholder shall be held, in his individual capacity, for debts contracted by the corporation while he may be or shall have been a stockholder in the same. Sec. 13. That this corporation shall not possess banking powers, and shall be subject to all the regulations and liabilities of an Act instituting proceedings against corporations not possessing banking powers, and the visitorial powers of court, and to provide for the regulation of corporations generally, passed March 7th, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. John M. Gallagher, Speaker House of Representatives. David Chambers, Speaker of the Senate. March 10, 1845. Secretary of State’s Office, Columbus, March 27, 1845. The foregoing is hereby certified to be a true copy from the original Act on file in this office. Samuel Galloway, Secretary of State. Upon obtaining the Charter, a Board of Trustees was at once formed, as fol- lows: Hon. Henry Morse, President; Hon. Joseph Howard, Vice-President; James Goodin, Treasurer; J. V. Loomis, Secretary. In May, Dr. I. Wilson became Secretary, and Mr. Loomis’ name does not appear. The other Trustees were : Thomas C. Newton, John Waggoner, J. L. Conkling, B. L. Hill, M. D., R. A. Madison, Esq., Garret Vanausdal, Calvin Fletcher, Dr. I. J. Avery, and Dr. J. White. The next step was the organization of a full Faculty, as follows:—On Anatomy, B L. Hill, M. D.; on Physiology, Pathology, Theory and Practice of Medicine, T. V. Morrow, M. D., Dean; on Surgery and Medical Jurisprudence, H. Cox, M. D.; on Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Botany, L. E. Jones, M. D.; on Chemistry and Pharmacy, James H. Oliver, M. D.; on Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women and Children, A. H. Baldridge, M. D.; Lectures on Clinical Medicine and Surgery, by Drs. Morrow and Cox. A session was immediately begun, and continued until July 1, 1845. From five to seven lectures were given daily, and the fees for this spring and summer