Dartmouth Medical College Centennial Exercises, Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Historical Address by Phineas S. Conner (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1897 Excerpt: ... Establishment of Chairs--Appointment and Resignation of Professors At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held Aug. 28, 1798, it was "Voted, that this Board now proceed to the choice of a professor of Medicine at this University. "The ballots being taken Nathan Smith, A.M., was unanimously chosen." "Voted, that the professor of Medicine, Embracing All Medicine be authorized to employ Departments, Professor such person to assist him in the Nathan Smith duties of his office as he may judge necessary, provided this Board incur no expense in consequence thereof." ' Voted, that one.half part of the fees for conferring the degree of Bachelor of Medicine pro mentis be a perquisite to the President and the other half be a perquisite to the professor of Medicine." At a previous meeting of the Board, held Aug. 22, it had been voted that the fee for conferring the degree of Bachelor of Medicine pro tneritis should be the sum of twenty dollars. In 1810, as appears by the following Separation Of Chair extract from the records of the annual Of Anatomy meeting of the Board of Trustees, Pro fessor Smith was relieved of the work of teaching Anatomy, and a separate professorship of that department was established. Annual Meeting August, 1810: Professor Nathan Smith having presented his memorial praying to be excused from teaching in Anatomy, as follows: "To the Honorable Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College: "Your memorialist represents that finding the labors required of him as a teacher of Medical Science too great and more than he can perform with convenience to himself and advantage to the public he prays that some other person may be associated with him in that department, and that such associate be appointed professor of Anatomy, and that he himself be excused from te...