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COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

 

Located in Chicago and organized in 1881. Its first term opened in September 1882 in a building erected by the trustees at a cost of $60,000, with a faculty embracing twenty-five professors, with a sufficient corps of demonstrators, assistants, etc.

The number of matriculates was 152. The institution ranks among the leading medical colleges of the West. Its standard of qualifications for both matriculates and graduates is equal to those of other first-class medical schools throughout the country.

The teaching faculty of late years has consisted of some twenty-five professors who are aided by an adequate corps of assistants, demonstrators, etc.

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