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Department of Surgery of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Larry Kaiser, MD;
Jo Buyske, MD;
Clyde Barker, MD
Philadelphia, Pa
Arch Surg. 2004;139:242-244.
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Founded in 1765, the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, was the first in America. A young surgeon, William Shippen, after studying anatomy in London, England, with John and William Hunter and obtaining a medical degree in Edinburgh, Scotland, returned to Philadelphia and began a series of lectures in anatomy—the first systematic course in America on any medical subject (Figure 1A). Subsequently, Shippen and his colleague John Morgan founded the university's medical school with Shippen as professor of surgery and anatomy and Morgan as professor of physic. During the American Revolution, Shippen, George Washington's friend and personal physician, became Surgeon General. After the war he continued as professor of surgery and anatomy until 1805. He was succeeded by another famous surgeon, Philip Syng Physick (Figure 2B). Trained in surgery by John Hunter, Physick is often . . . [Full Text of this Article]CLINICAL ACTIVITY
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