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The Castleton Medical School was founded in 1818 by three doctors: Selah Gridley, Theodore Woodward and John Crosier, who saw the need for a training school in the only state in the country that didn't yet have such a facility.
Founded in 1818, it was the first medical college in Vermont, [2] and the first private degree-granting medical school in the United States. The college closed in 1862. The chapel-like building was built in 1821, and is now the oldest building on the campus of Castleton University.
Jun 17, 2022 · The Castleton Medical School was founded in 1818 by three doctors: Selah Gridley, Theodore Woodward and John Crosier, who saw the need for a training school in the only state in the country...
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- Vermont Historical Society
Jun 2, 2022 · Vermont’s first medical school was also the first private degree-granting medical college anywhere in the United States.
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- Howard Dittrick
- Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1950 Jan; 38(1): 68-69.
- 1950
- 1950/01
Abstract. The primary object of this book is to give intimate details of the activities of a prosperous and long-lived country medical college as a basis of understanding the operation and the many difficulties encountered by institutions of this type.
Birth of the First Independent Proprietary Medical School in New England, at Castleton, Vermont, in 1818 - PMC. Journal List. Ann Med Hist. v.7 (3); 1935 May. PMC7942353. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature.
