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No. II-COIEege of PhvSiciaps
and Surgeons.

and Surgeons.
n REDDCAL education in tho Uuftod
M States had its beginning n
old Kings Collego-the oTtEt-
nal foundation Of Columbia UnivSr-
Sity. 4 medical faculty was organ
iSod there In 1867, and the nrsa
graduates In medicine wero RObera
Tucker and Samuel Klssam. who re-
oeived their degrees in 176s.
The College Of Physicians and
Surgeons was founded separately in
1897 a. a rival of the medical school
Of Columbia College, and by 1siA had
20 far outdistanced its older compot-
tor that the latter was merged with
and absorbed into 1t. From then
until 1850 there was no medical de-
psrtment OF Columbia, but in that
year a cooperating agreement was
entered into between the trustees OF
the two institutions by which the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons
became aflllAted with Columbia.
This relation was strengthened In
1891, when the college was definitely
merged in the university and be-
came what it is ITO -day-the gradu-
ate medical school Of Columbia
Though 1t is now part and parcel Of
the great university whose domain Il
on Morningside Heights, the "P. &
s." remains in Its old quarters on
59bh Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
in the block facing the Roosevelt Hos
pltal. The group Of buildings which
II occupies were gwen by the late
William II. Vanderbilt his sons Cor
neilus, William h. Frederick w. and
George w. Vanderbilt and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. d. Sloane. The Nanderbnt
Cnnlc was built and endowed as
memorial to William II. Vanderbilt
by his sons. The Sloane Hospital for
Women, which adjoIns the Clinic and
IS part Of the college establishment,
II one OF the most complete hospitals
or ITS kind IN the world, ana repre-
sens gifts aggregatlng $l,2OO,OOO.
Many Other phnanthIoplsts tnan the
Vanderbilts and the SlOanes Lave been
result 1t has equipment and resources
bhat place 1t in the very forefront OF
American medical schools.
one gift that the college received
a few years ago, and which Is typical
OF the special responsibilities which
donors frequently intrust to IL, Is the
research fund of $1.44O,OO0 left by leg
acy of George CrOCker for special in
vestigation of the subject or cancer.
1>he trustees OF Columbia have erect
ed a three-story building on 116th
street and Amsterdam Avenue TO
house the laboratories for his under
taking, and a staff OF experts has
been organized and is now engaged
In this highly important piece Of re-
search work.
The alliance brought about between
Columbia and the Presbyterian Hos
pital in 1911 permits the scientific and
chemical direction OF the medical,
surgical and pathological services OK
Ahe hospital to rest with the College
OF Physicians and Surgeons. This al
lance gives the college exceptional
advantages in training young doctors.
In addition to this special arrange
ment with the Presbyterian, the col
lege IS represented on the staffs OF
most OF the general and special hos
pitfalls of New York.
For admission TO the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons one must
have preliminary collegiate education
equivalent 70 the freshmen and sophO-
more years at COLUMBIA College or
any other first grade college. Women
are now admitted on the same basis
as men Gs candidates fOr the degree
of NJ d. They were first admitted in
1917, the innovation causing consider
able stir in university circles.