A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . he biographers of , this medicalschool would apoearto bo the first regularlyorganized completefacultj for that purposein America. Philadel-phias claim to priority in the establishment of the firstmedical school in this country rests upon the undis-puted fact that, for two or three years previous tothe date of inauguration of the Kings College school,lectures on medical topics had been delivered inthat city. It was also largely owing to the influenceand activ
A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . he biographers of , this medicalschool would apoearto bo the first regularlyorganized completefacultj for that purposein America. Philadel-phias claim to priority in the establishment of the firstmedical school in this country rests upon the undis-puted fact that, for two or three years previous tothe date of inauguration of the Kings College school,lectures on medical topics had been delivered inthat city. It was also largely owing to the influenceand active work of Dr. Bard that a spacious andwell-organized hospital, afterward known as theNew York Hospital, w-as established in 1791 on abeautiful plot of ground facing the citys mainthoroughfare. During the occupation of New Yorkby the British troops Dr. Bard removed to NewJersey, but in 1784, after the cessation of hostilities,he again resumed his professional duties in that the General Government was sitting in NewYork President Wasliington had recourse to professional skill in his own case. (Stone.) 19. Fig. 631.—Samuel Bard. Bard, Samuel REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES In 1798, after forming a partnership with Dr. DavidHosack, Dr. Bard retired to his country seat atHjde Park, on the Hudson, and continued to livethere during the remainder of his life. In 1S13,when a separation took place between ColumbiaCollege and its Medical School, upon the remodeUingof the latter, Dr. Bard became the of theCollege of Phj-sieians and Surgeons. This honorableposition he continued to hold during life. (Stone.)His death occurred May 24, 1821. The onlj large work published by Dr. Bard is thatentitled: A Treatise on Obstetrics. A. H. B. Bargers Springs.—See Greenbrier Springs. Barium.—Salts of barium are of more interest to thephysician from the point of view of toxicologj- thanfrom that of therapeutics. Barium compounds areall poisonous, the solub
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