TY  - JOUR
T1  - HIstory and heritage of the department of surgery, georgetown university
AU  - Holt RW, Evans ST
Y1  - 2012/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2012.2281
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1074
EP  - 1076
VL  - 147
IS  - 12
N2  - 
On March 15, 1815, President James Madison signed a bill passed by the Congress that bestowed on Georgetown College the right to award “any degree in the faculties, arts, sciences and liberal professions.”2 In 1849, 4 local physicians petitioned the president of Georgetown College to found a Medical Department under this charter. Guided by the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, care of the whole person, the Medical Department of Georgetown College opened in 1851.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.2281
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.2281
ER  -