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Daniel Drake
1820 - 1850
1850 - 1880
1880 - 1900
A New Era
Early 1900's
Medical Ed 1900's
Blankenhorn Era
Vilter Era
Vilter Era Cont..
1940 - 1970
Polio
Albert Sabin
1980 - Present
Conclusions
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College of Medicine History: 1880 - 1900
“The time has passed, here at least, when industry and
ambition can be set down as incompatible with
social station and feminine refinement”
- Announcement by Academy of Medicine
Women in Medicine
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In 1883, the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery
becomes first med school in Cincinnati to admit females
Laura Memorial College in 1894, 618 W. Sixth Street
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Julia Carpenter (1840-1915)
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Born in Cincinnati
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Graduate of Women’s Medical
College of Pennsylvania
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Post-Graduate training in Europe
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Faculty of Laura Memorial College
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First woman elected to the Cincinnati
Academy of Medicine in 1878
- Later served as Vice-President
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James T. Whittacker (1843-1900)
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Born in Cincinnati, graduate of MCO in 1867
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Studied extensively in Europe
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Became Professor of Practice of Medicine
in 1879 until his death in 1900
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Wrote “Theory and Practice of Medicine”
in 1893, bringing European science to U.S.
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Valedictory address to MCO graduating Class of 1891:
“Purpose, persistence, patience, furnish finally the
power of concentration, and the fruit of concentration
is what the world calls the work of genius”
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Frederick Forchheimer.(1853-1913)
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Graduate of MCO, pursued post-
graduate studies in Vienna
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Chair of the Theory and Practice of
Medicine 1901-1913
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Key role in merger of MCO and
MMC in 1908
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Established need for special care of children
- Considered first professor of pediatrics in America
- Opened outpatient clinic for children at Cincinnati Hospital in 1890
- Founding member of American Pediatrics Society in 1888,
and its President in 1895
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