Fifty-Third Annual Announcement of the School of Medicine

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty-Third Annual Announcement of the School of Medicine: Including the Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges, Fifth and W Streets, N. W. Washington, D. C Howard University was chartered by Act of Congress, March 2, 1867. Section 5 of the charter provided that the University should consist of the following departments fifth, medicine. The first session began November 5, 1868, and ended March 1, 1869. The Department has up to date graduated 1844 students; medical, 461 dental, and 306 pharmaceutical. In conformity with the Spirit of the charter of the University, the Medical Department, including the Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges, is Open to all persons, without regard to sex or race, who are qualified by good moral character, proper age and suitable preliminary education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.