The Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Private and Summer Courses of Lectures.
Private and summer courses of lectures were begun in Philadelphia at an early date, and did much to attract students to our city.
Those of Shippen upon Anatomy and Midwifery, have already been particularly referred to. In 1766 Dr. Bond commenced Clinical Lectures at the Hospital upon the Practice of Medicine as well as upon Midwifery. Dr. Rush lectured upon Chemistry in 1774, and Dr. Chovet upon Anatomy in the same year. All of these attracted considerable notice, and the courses of the latter gentleman were annually continued for ten or twelve seasons.
In 1784 Dr. John Foulke lectured upon Anatomy and Surgery, and opened an Anatomical Hall, "with a determination to put the character of a Philadelphia anatomist upon a higher footing than it had ever before been;" at the same time he took care to assure his fellow-citizens "that in his pursuit he was determined to observe every attention to decency, solemnity, and punctuality." The fee demanded by him was twelve dollars. His lectures and anatomical rooms were kept up till his death in 1796. Dr. Foulke had graduated at the College of Philadelphia in 1780, and afterwards perfected himself in
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