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Introductory. R ankin,
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Preface,
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Dedication,
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History of Howard University. G eneral Howard,
Rise of Medical Department. N ichols,
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Organization of Medical Department and its First Session. Reyburn,
First M eeting of Medical Faculty,
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Early Purposes of Medical School. L. C. L oomis,
Freedmen’s Hospital. Reyburn ; Purvis,
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The First Session. Crusor,
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The Hospital, 1865-9,
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First Alumni Association. Watts,
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Money Panic and Howard Investigation,
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“ Thornton” Certificate,
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Sale of Hospital Land,
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Three Courses of Lectures in Medicine,
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Medical Alumni Association. Balloch,
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Dental College,
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Post Graduate Course, .
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Chemical Laboratory. Seaman,
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Six Months’ Course,
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Three Y ears’ Course in Dentistry,
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Twenty-Fi fth Anniversary of University,
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Four Y ears’ Course in Medicine,
Bacteriology. A lleger,
Histology. J. M. Lamb,
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Death of Dr. Hood,
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Training School for Nurses. Purvis.
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Its Faculty and Graduates,
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The Hospital. Curtis,
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Its Personnel,
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Hospital Statistics, .
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General Officers of University,
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Biographies of Same,
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Medical Faculty,
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Order and T itles of Appointment,
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Biographies of Faculty,
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Graduates,
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Table of Instructors, Students, Graduates, etc.,
Geographical Distribution of Graduates,
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Biographies of Graduates,
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Non-Graduates,
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Special Students, etc.,
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Appendix A .— Charter of University,
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B. — Washington General Hospital,
C. to E .— Copies of Circulars, etc.,
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F .— Note by Dr. Seaman on the Van Derburgh Patent Brick,
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