page_title: John Morgan (physician)
section_title: Medical school
hierarchical_section_title: John Morgan (physician) / Medical school
context_page_description: John Morgan, "founder of Public Medical Instruction in America," was co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America; and he served as the second "Chief physician & director general" of the Continental Army. He was an early member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1766, where he served as Curator from 1769-1770.
context_section_description: That year with Dr. William Shippen, another Edinburgh graduate, Morgan co-founded the College of Philadelphia Medical School, the first medical school in North America.
  Morgan served as Chief Physician to the Continental Army from October 1775 to January 1777. He was empowered by the Continental Congress to inspect regimental hospitals and transfer patients if warranted and to examine regimental surgeons. Rancor with the regimental surgeons became so bad that Morgan quit when the Army moved from Boston to New York.
  He was a founding member of the American Philosophical Society in 1766, based in Philadelphia.
caption: Dr. Morgan's wife, Mary Hopkinson, painted by Benjamin West
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