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The History of Georgia
Institutions:
Medical
Colleges
– Besides
the medical schools specifically mentioned in this work others have
been
organized and conducted for a time, though they are no longer in
existence.
Perhaps the most noted of these was the Oglethorpe medical college,
which was
instituted at Savannah
in 1855. During its career some of the most eminent physicians of that
portion
of the state were members of its faculty.
The
Savannah Spring school of medicine was mentioned in the Southern
Medical and
Surgical Journal for the first time in 1856, indicating that it was
organized
about that time. According to the notice in the Journal the term
extended from
the middle of March to the end of June. The fee or tuition was fifty
dollars,
in advance. But little of the history of this institution has been
preserved.
The Savannah medical
college
was organized in 1853. The attendance the following year was
forty-nine, and in
1855 twelve students were graduated. No record of this school after the
year
1879 is obtainable.
(Source:
Georgia
Sketches of Counties,
Towns, Events, Institutions,
and
Persons,
VOL II,
by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)
Gordon Institute.—This
school was originally chartered in 1852 and in 1872 was
reorganized. It is located at Barnesville and was named in honor
of Gen. John B. Gordon, one of Georgia’s favorite sons. Its
reputation has extended all over the South and it lays claim to being
the largest preparatory school in the state. About 500 students
are enrolled every year, fully fifty counties being represented.
An officer from West Point is commandant, the cadets are equipped with
cadet rifles by the United States government and with a battery of
artillery furnished by the State of Georgia. The institution is
well provided with buildings, among which is a large armory and drill
hall, which is also used as an auditorium on special occasions.
The graduates stand well in their classes in the higher colleges,
indicating that the character of the instruction is of high order.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906.
Transcribed by Marilyn Clore)
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