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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    Sanders, M. D., LL. D., Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Medical Jurisprudence; L. E. Jones, M. D., LE. B., Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Medical Botany; W. Byrd Powell, M. D., Physiology, and the Institutes of Medicine; R. S. Newton, M. D., Pathology, Practice of Medicine, and Surgical Diseases, and Lecturer on Clinical Medicine; Z. Freeman, M. D., Practical Surgery and Anatomy, and Lecturer on Clin- ical Surgery; A. H. Baldridge, M. D., Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women and Children; Edwin Freeman, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. In the latter part of the year (September) 1856, the complexion of the Faculty was changed by making Professor Powell, Emeritus Professor of Cerebral Physiology, and the important appointment of Dr. John Milton Scudder, recently graduated, to the chair of Anatomy. The appointment of Dr. Scudder—who was destined to become conspicuous as a teacher and writer, and the one to rehabilitate and save the Institute—marks an epoch in the history of this institution. The Faculty now stood as follows : J. Milton Sanders, M. D., Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Toxicology ; L- E. Jones, M. D., Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Medical Botany; W. Byrd Powell, M. D., Cerebral Phys- iology; G. W. L. Bickley, M. D., Physiology, Institutes of Medicine, and Medical Jurisprudence; R. S. Newton, M. D., Theory and Practice of Medicine and Pathology, and Lecturer on Clinical Medicine; Z. Freeman, M. D., Surgery, and Surgical Practice, and Lecturer on Clinical Surgery ; J. M. Scudder, M. D., General, Special, and Pathological Anatomy; A. H. Baldridge, M. D., Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women and Children ; Edwin Freeman, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The Eclectic text-books now in use (besides old-school works) were Gregory’s “Chemistry,” by Sanders; “American Eclectic Dispensatory,” Beach’s “Materia Medica,” Bickley’s “Botany,” Newton and Powell’s “ Eclectic Practice,” Jones and Morrow’s “ Eclectic Practice,” Hill’s “ Eclectic Surgery,” and King’s “ Obstetrics,” all but one of which were by Eclectic authors, connected at one time or another with the Institute; and that one, Gregory’s “ Chemist^,” was an Amer- ican edition of an English work, adapted by Professor Sanders. The defeated portion of the Faculty wisely refrained from carrying the contest into the higher courts, and on December 22, 1856, filed with the Auditor of Hamil- ton County, Ohio, “Articles of Association” creating a corporate body to be styled “ The Eclectic College of Medicine.* The incorporators filing this application were Jos. R. Buchanan, Wm. Sherwood, Jas. C. C. Holenshade, John King, C. H. Cleave- land, A. H. Wells, Wm. A. Ashton, Wm. S. Sampson, Wm. B. Sheppard, and A. Jackson Howe. The new college, with J. R. Buchanan as Dean, opened up in October, 1856, in two rooms in College Hall, on Walnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The school had a successful winter session, matriculating sixty-six students, and * See College Journal of Medical Science, 1857, p. 40.