Annals of medical history . n of ;imedical faculty in the nourishing youngCollege of Philadelphia. This, with a letterof presentation to the Board of Trustees ffrom Thomas Penn, proved so efficaciousthat on May 3, 1765, he was unanimouslyelected Professor of the Theory and Prac-tice of Physic and the next September, inresponse to Dr. Shippens application byletter, the latter was unanimously electedProfessor of Anatomy and Surgery: The Early History of Anatomy in the United States 277 The instituting of medical schools in thiscountry has been a favorite object of my atten-tion for seven years p
Annals of medical history . n of ;imedical faculty in the nourishing youngCollege of Philadelphia. This, with a letterof presentation to the Board of Trustees ffrom Thomas Penn, proved so efficaciousthat on May 3, 1765, he was unanimouslyelected Professor of the Theory and Prac-tice of Physic and the next September, inresponse to Dr. Shippens application byletter, the latter was unanimously electedProfessor of Anatomy and Surgery: The Early History of Anatomy in the United States 277 The instituting of medical schools in thiscountry has been a favorite object of my atten-tion for seven years past, and it is three yearssince I proposed the expediency and practi-cability of teaching medicine in all its branchesin this city, in a public oration read at the StateHouse, introductory to my first course of 14th, Shippen began the first course of lec-tures given in a medical school in thiscountry. The joint announcement read asfollows: As the necessity for cultivating medicalknowledge in America is allowed by all, it is. The Gvpsum Casts Which Hothergill Presented to the Pennsylvania Hosimtal. Anatomy. I should have long since sought thepatronage of the Trustees of this College, butwaited to be joined by Dr. Morgan, to whom Ifirst communicated my plan in England and whopromised to unite with me in every scheme wemight think necessary for the execution of soimportant a point. I am pleased, however, to hear that you gen-tlemen, on being applied to by Dr. Morgan,have taken the plan under your protection andhave appointed that gentleman Professor ofMedicine. A professorship of Anatomy and Surgery willbe gratefully accepted by, gentlemen, your mostobedient and humble servant. William Shippen, , 17th September, 1765. On September 26th, the prospectus of thenewly founded Department appeared inthe Pennsylvania Gazelle and on November with pleasure we inform the public that a Courseof Lectures on two of the most importantbranches of that useful science, Anatomya
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