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Penn in the 19th
Century
Professors
and Lecturers in the Medical Department in 1852
The teaching staff consisted of ten professors (two were emeritus), two lecturers and one demonstrator in the subjects of anatomy, chemistry, materia medica, obstetrics, pharmacy, surgery, the theory and practice of medicine, and clinical medicine and clinical surgery. The University Catalogue, 1851-52 provides a description of the requirements for admission and of the curriculum.
Nathaniel Chapman, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical MedicineRobert Hare, MD
Emeritus Professor of ChemistryWilliam Gibson, MD
Professor of SurgeryWilliam E. Horner, MD
Professor of AnatomySamuel Jackson, MD
Professor of the Institutes of MedicineGeorge B. Wood, MD
Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical MedicineHugh L. Hodge, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and of the Diseases of Women and ChildrenJames B. Rogers, MD
Professor of ChemistryJoseph Carson, MD
Professor of Materia Medica and of PharmacyGeorge W. Norris, MD
Professor of Clinical SurgeryWilliam W. Gerhard, MD
Assistant Lecturer in Demonstrative MedicineHenry H. Smith, MD
Assistant Lecturer in Demonstrative SurgeryJohn Neill, MD
Demonstrator of Anatomy
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