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Department of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Stephen C. Jacobs, MD;
Larry Pitrof;
Bruce Jarrell, MD
Arch Surg. 2006;141:233-234.
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John B. Davidge, MD, (Figure 1) was raised in Annapolis, Md, and traveled to Scotland to obtain his doctor of medicine degree. Scottish medical education was considered the very best by Americans at the time. He moved to Baltimore, Md, in 1796 and established a reputation as a capable surgeon. In 1802, he began offering private lectures in surgery, anatomy, midwifery, and physiology. He was joined in 1804 by James Cocke, a Virginian trained at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and in London and in 1807 by chemist John Shaw. These 3 men concurred on the need for a quality medical school in Baltimore, which they initiated in November 1807 in a small building built by Davidge specifically for the purpose of giving lectures and demonstrations to students of medicine. A few days after opening, the rumors around Baltimore . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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