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'''Samuel Bard (1742-1821)''' was one of the first US graduates of Edinburgh University, qualifying M.D. in 1765. | '''Samuel Bard (1742-1821)''' was one of the first US graduates of Edinburgh University, qualifying M.D. in 1765. | ||
| − | Bard was a native of Philadelphia who graduated from Columbia College before sailing to Europe in 1761 to complete his medical education. Upon his return to the United States, he founded the medical school of King's College, New York (now the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) | + | Bard was a native of Philadelphia who graduated from Columbia College before sailing to Europe in 1761 to complete his medical education. Upon his return to the United States, he founded the medical school of King's College, New York, in 1767 (now the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons). This was the second medical school to open in the United States and the first to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Bard was appointed its first Professor of the Practice of Physic and achieved prominence through his studies of diphtheria, which proved vital in developing a treatment for that disease. After the War of Independence, Bard became personal physician to George Washington. In 1813, he was appointed President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
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Samuel Bard (1742-1821) was one of the first US graduates of Edinburgh University, qualifying M.D. in 1765.
Bard was a native of Philadelphia who graduated from Columbia College before sailing to Europe in 1761 to complete his medical education. Upon his return to the United States, he founded the medical school of King's College, New York, in 1767 (now the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons). This was the second medical school to open in the United States and the first to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Bard was appointed its first Professor of the Practice of Physic and achieved prominence through his studies of diphtheria, which proved vital in developing a treatment for that disease. After the War of Independence, Bard became personal physician to George Washington. In 1813, he was appointed President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.