200 years of medicine celebrated in book

"In Baltimore 200 years ago, anyone could call themselves a doctor and frequently did.
In that world and against the backdrop of a yellow-fever epidemic, a group of physicians with more formal training gathered in Dr. John Davidge’s house to celebrate the awarding of a bill by the Maryland General Assembly establishing their medical college.
Earlier that year, Davidge suffered the loss of his classroom to an angry mob protesting his use of cadavers in teaching his private medical students.
These details and hundreds more — one for each year — help make “1807-2007: University of Maryland School of Medicine; The First Two Centuries” lively and informative." Read on.

Hospital building, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. ca 1906

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