. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. PATENT OFFICE. ASSEMBLY BUILDINGCOLUMBIAN COLLEGE I5IH & H STS. N . W. HISTORY. Oil the 9th of July, 1790, the Congress of the UnitedStates passed a law establishing the seat of the NationalGovernment on the banks of the Potomac River. On the16th of the same month the law was approved by Presi-dent George Washington. September 19, 1793, PresidentWashington laid the corner stone of the United StatesCapitol, and on the third Monday in November, 1800,Congress began its first session in the City of Washing-ton. The new c
. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. PATENT OFFICE. ASSEMBLY BUILDINGCOLUMBIAN COLLEGE I5IH & H STS. N . W. HISTORY. Oil the 9th of July, 1790, the Congress of the UnitedStates passed a law establishing the seat of the NationalGovernment on the banks of the Potomac River. On the16th of the same month the law was approved by Presi-dent George Washington. September 19, 1793, PresidentWashington laid the corner stone of the United StatesCapitol, and on the third Monday in November, 1800,Congress began its first session in the City of Washing-ton. The new city was then but sparsely inhabited andthere were few physicians. According to Dr. J. M. Toner*there were only nine physicians and two apothecaries in1815. Today (1909) there are registered at the HealthOffice of the District of Columbia 1,581 physicians, 648dentists and 597 pharmacists. We are further told by Dr. Toner that the first assem-bling of physicians that took place in Washington was in1813, and was called to take action on the death of Rush, one of the signers
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