Four engraved admission cards for Elijah W. carpenter of Vermont to attend the first set of lectures given at the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1813. The cards are signed by Nathan Smith, Eli Ives, Jonathan Knight, and Benjamin Silliman. Carpenter attended the medical school for one year and did not receive an M.D. (which was not required to practice medicine). The card are part of the Elijah W. Carpenter papers.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Elijah W., 1778-1855, Ives, Eli, 1779-1861, Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1789-1864, Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829, and Yale University. School of Medicine
Engraved admission ticket for Edward Leffingwell to attend Smith's lectures at the University of Vermont. Smith lectured at the University of Vermont while on the faculty of the Medical Institution of Yale College.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Leffingwell, Edward, 1803-1888, Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829, University of Vermont. College of Medicine., Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution., and Yale University. School of Medicine
A photograph of the plaque dedicating the Farnam Building. It reads: This building has been erected by Mrs. Henry Farnam as a memorial to her son George Bronson Farnam, M.D. who faithfully served this hospital as attending physician and surgeon from 1873 to 1877 and through out off from professional activity during the remainder of his life by painful illness never ceased to further its interests and to minister to the sufferings of others. He was born Aug. 21, 1841 in New Haven where he died Dec. 22, 1886.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Farnam, George Bronson, 1841-1886 and Yale University. School of Medicine
Blood, Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed thesis, 1857
Description:
First page of handwritten thesis, The Blood, written by Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, the first African American graduate of the Yale School of Medicine (1857). Thesis is bound with other theses from 1857.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution and Yale University. School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
African American physicians, Medical education, and Medical students