NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL
Located in Chicago and organized in 1859 as Medical School of the Lind (now Lake Forest) University.
Three annual terms, of five months each at first constituted a course, although attendance at two only was compulsory. The institution first opened in temporary quarters, Oct. 9, 1859 with thirteen professors and thirty-three students.
By 1863 more ample accommodations were needed, and the Trustees of the Lind University being unable to provide a building, one was erected by the faculty. In 1864 the University relinquished all claim to the institution which was thereupon incorporated as the Chicago Medical College. In 1868 the length of the annual terms was increased to six months, and additional requirements were imposed on candidates for both matriculation and graduation.
The same year the college building was sold and the erection of a new and more commodious edifice, on the grounds of the Mercy Hospital, was commenced. This was completed in 1870 and the college became the medical department of the Northwestern University.
The number of professorships had been increased to eighteen and that of undergraduates to 107. Since that date new laboratory and clinical buildings have been erected and the growth of the institution has been steady and substantial.
Mercy and St. Luke's Hospital, and the South Side Free Dispensary afford resources for clinical instruction. The teaching faculty, as constituted in 1898 consists of about fifty instructors, including professors, lecturers, demonstrators, and assistants.