- John Morgan (physician)
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birth_date =June 10 ,1735
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death_date =October 15 ,1789
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Dr. John Morgan (1735-1789) was co-founder of the first medical school inColonial America and the second "Chief physician & director general" of theContinental Army (an early name for the U.S. Army Surgeon General).He was a graduate of
University of Edinburgh ,Scotland .He was co-founder (1765, with Dr.
William Shippen ) of theCollege of Philadelphia (now theUniversity of Pennsylvania ) Medical School, the first medical school inNorth America .He served as Chief Physician to the Continental Army from October 1775 to January 1777. He was empowered by the U.S. Congress to inspect regimental hospitals and transfer patients if warranted and to examine regimental surgeons. Rancor with the regimental surgeons became so bad that he quit when the Army moved from Boston to New York.
He was a founding member of the
American Philosophical Society .References
*Citation
id =PMID :5321359
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5321359
publication-date=1965 Nov 15
year=1965
title=John Morgan (1735-1789) founder of American medical education.
volume=194
issue=7
periodical=JAMA
pages=825-6External links
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/morgan_john.html Biography and portrait at the University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://virtualology.com/apjohnmorgan/ Biography and portrait at Virtualology.com]
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