The Pulse / Rush Medical College yearbook . orrect the conditions, then will the Pulse be cor-rected and onby then. Direct no criticism for or against the Pulse—criticise, praise or correct the con-ditions it may show to exist in this great body of Rush, in its teachers, alumni and students. Note in this Pulse the powerful vis a tergo of a single class that numbers more than the entire roll ofmost schools, note the assistance given to the circulation by a considerate Faculty and a generous and ap-preciative body of students and alumni. Note too that it heats like any well regulated pulse, that
The Pulse / Rush Medical College yearbook . orrect the conditions, then will the Pulse be cor-rected and onby then. Direct no criticism for or against the Pulse—criticise, praise or correct the con-ditions it may show to exist in this great body of Rush, in its teachers, alumni and students. Note in this Pulse the powerful vis a tergo of a single class that numbers more than the entire roll ofmost schools, note the assistance given to the circulation by a considerate Faculty and a generous and ap-preciative body of students and alumni. Note too that it heats like any well regulated pulse, that it beatsall sister medical schools, for they have vet to put forth such as this. In an adult body we like to have the pulse slow and regular,—perhaps once a year may seem a trifleslow, but for an adult medical college, the presence of the Pulse regularly once a year will show a condi-tion of life and activity. Senility, we do not fear, but on the contrary we bespeak the active, strong,healthy life that each succeeding Pulse will he history of this institution is closely associated with the history of Chicago and the great Northwest. At thetime when Rush Medical College obtained its charter, Chicago was a city of scarcely 3,800 inhabitants, and to-day. after alapse of half a century, the college is the second in size in this country, and Chicago is the second city. The name was bestowed in honor of Benjamin Rush, a patriot and physician (if the time of the Revolution. Thefounder was the eminent Daniel Brainard, who was I lie firs; also first Professor of Anatomy and Brainard was born May 15, 1812. at Whitesborough, Oneida county. New York. He received the advantages ofthe academy of that town and commenced the study of his profession therein lsi!U>iit soon went to Rome. where hehad the benefit of lectures. After sometime spent in study at Rome he took two courses of lectures, one at the MedicalCollege in Fairfield, and the other
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