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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mencement of one of the most elaborate works on medicines yet published in America—“ Drugs and Medicines of North America,” by Professor J. U. Lloyd and C. G. Lloyd. The College was now progressing in every way. In the report on Educational Institutions in Cincinnati for 1885, and the revenues brought to the city by them, the Medical Colleges were classed as follows: Eclectic Medical Institute, $91,000; Medical College of Ohio, $84,800; Miami Medical College, $50,000; Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, $19,500; Pulte Medical Col- lege (Homeopathic), $24,000; Physio-Medical Institute, $16,500; College of Dental Surgery, $30,000. Thus the Institute, as it had for many years, headed the list. Late in 1887 illness prevented Professor J. M. Scudder from assuming the full duties of his chair. The following session, 1887-8, Dr. Rolla L. Thomas, of Harrison, Ohio, son of Dr. M. L. Thomas, and a graduate of DePauw University, and of the Eclectic Medical Institute, was made Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Practice of Medicine. In January, 1888, notice was given that after 1890, the College term would be lengthened, so that three full courses of lectures would be required before the student could apply for graduation. Professor Edwin Freeman, whose long service in the practice of medicine and surgery, and distinguished service as a teacher of anatomy, had given him a commanding position in Eclecticism, was obliged to relinquish his chair in the Institute, and seek another clime. Never robust, and worn by incessant application to his work, and by recurring attacks of fever, he removed to California. In his stead, Dr. William E. Bloyer, of Catawba, Ohio, an excellent practitioner, who had attracted considerable attention by his paper before the Ohio State Medical Association, on a “ Gun-shot Wound of the Brain,” and his knowledge of Cerebral Localization, was appointed to the chair of Anatomy, and time proved that the selection was a fortunate one. Professor Freeman was made Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, and Judge Fayette Smith, LL. D., who had recently been made President of the Board of Trustees, was elected Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. However, Professor Howe delivered most of the lectures of this department. On August 15, 1888, the College and Alumni were saddened by the death from tuberculosis of Dr. Thomas C. Hannah, who for a long period had served as Demonstrator of Anatomy, and was Secretary of the Faculty. His place was filled by Eli Melvin McPheron, M. D., who also served in the session of 1889-90, as Lecturer on Ophthalmology and Otology, a newly-created position in the College. During the year 1890, two new laboratories were added to the College—a chem- ical laboratory, and a physiological and histological laboratory. Dr. Lyman Watkins, of Blanchester, Ohio, was called to take charge of the latter, being made Professor of Histology and Microscopy. Professor King was now becoming feeble, and was relieved of a portion of his chair. Dr. Robert C. Wintermute, of Dela-