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Creation of St Louis University Medical Department
This week marks the centennial of the decision on October 5, 1836 to establish the first medical department at St Louis University. The plan, agreed by Rev. P. J. Ver haegen and the Medical Society, led to a faculty including Dr. William Beaumont and later developments that shaped the school into a forerunner of Washington University’s medical program.
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Medical Department
St. Louis University
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
P. J. Verhaegen
Medical Society of St. Louis
Medical Society
William Beaumont
America
Washington University
Charles Alexander Pope
France
England
Ireland
Pope
American Medical Association
Daniel Brainard
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Moses L. Linton
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Scharf
John O'Fallon
Col
John O’fallon
O'Fallon
United States
Medical School
St. Louis Medical College
John Hodgen
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