RT Journal
A1 Rutkow IM
T1 MEdical education in early 19th century america
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1999
FD April 1
VO 134
IS 4
SP 453
OP 453
DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.453
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.4.453
AB 
AFTER 1800, in an attempt to upgrade the level of formal medical education in America, medical colleges were being founded wherever there seemed to be large enough populations to financially support them. By 1810, 7 medical schools (University of Pennsylvania [1765]; King's College, now Columbia [1767]; Harvard [1782]; Dartmouth [1797]; College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City [1807]; University of Maryland [1807]; and the short-lived institution at Brown University [1807]) were providing course work. The total number of medical students in attendance was approximately 650, 406 of whom were at the University of Pennsylvania.