Education, Medical

An inaugural thesis on pneumonia by C. Otto Ficht of New York City, presented to the faculty of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor in Medicine, 1865.

An inaugural thesis on Urine; its chemistry, physiology, and pathology, by Bradney Griffin of New York, presented to the faculty of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor in Medicine, February 1863.

An inaugural thesis on gangrene of the lung by Antonio L. Luaces of Puerto Principe, Cuba, presented to the faculty of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, 1865.

An inaugural thesis on diptheria by Alexander E. Jenner, presented to the faculty of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor in Medicine, 1863.

An inaugural thesis on syphillis by Augustin Alvarez, submitted to the faculty of medicine of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor in Medicine, March 13, 1862. Session of 1861-1862.

An inaugural thesis on acute pneumonia by Abraham P. Fetherolf of Pennsylvania, presented to the faculty of medicine of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, 1865.

An inaugural thesis on epidemic influences by Benton Haynes of North Hero, Vermont, presented to the faculty of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, 1865.

Illustration of the 1856 Annual Medical Commencement at the New York University Chapel at Washington Square, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.