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The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University · Robert Peter — chapter 19 of 32 · ~470 words · public domain

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Burning of first University building 3

Burning of New Medical Hall 55, 161

Burning of Old Medical Hall 44

Bush, Benjamin Dudley 119

Bush, Doctor James M. 17, 63, 90, *91, 92, *115, 163 Biographical sketch of 114 As a teacher 117 Born 114 Character in his profession 116 Children of 119 Death of 119, 120 Degree of A. B. 114 Degree of M. D. 114 In Kentucky School of Medicine 115 Parentage of *114 Married 119 Opinion of Doctor Rogers on 116 Professor of Anatomy 17 Professor Adjunct in Transylvania 115 Removed to Lexington 114 Writings of 117, 118, 119

Bush, Miss Nannie M. *119

Bush, Captain Thomas J. *119

Caldwell, Doctor Charles 7, 31, 34, 35, 38, 40, 43, 46, 57, 64, 81, *82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 102 Biographical sketch of 47 Address on the L. & O. R. R. 60 Address at Lexington Lyceum 60 Antagonizes Doctor Rush 50, 51 At University of Pennsylvania 50 Born 49 Compares Transylvania with Philadelphia school 55 Dean of Faculty 53 Described by Doctor Gross *54 Died 49 Dismissed from Transylvania 62, 53 Early life in Philadelphia 51, 52 Effort to remove school to Louisville 61, 62 Extracts from autobiography of 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 Induces Legislature to give money 43 Mental activity of 51 Parentage of 49 Sets out for Europe 31 Yellow fever in Philadelphia 51

Caldwell, Thomas L. 38

Calomel, experience of Doctor Peter 69, 70 Experiment with, by Doctor Peter 72, 73 Irregular action of 69 Mammoth dose of Doctor Cooke 73 Properties of 68, 69

Calvert, Doctor William Jeptha *123

Causes of the decline of the Medical Department 57, 157

"Captain Neet's Rifle Guards" 58

Centenary of Lexington *3

Centennial Park 3

Ceremonies on laying the first "stone sill" of L. & O. R. R. 58, 59, 60

Chapman, George T. *46

Chapman, Reverend Doctor 75

Chemical work of Doctor Peter 95, 96

Chew, Doctor Samuel C. 122

Chipley, Amelia Stout 147

Chipley, Doctor William S. 156 Biographical sketch of 147 Advocates Deaf and Dumb Asylum 151 As a lecturer 149 As a specialist 153 As a writer 149 Asylum burnt 152 At College Hill 153 Burning of "Duncannon" 152 Death of 153 Establishes asylum at Anchorage 151 Goes to Columbus, Georgia 148 Goes to Europe 151 Graduates in Transylvania 147, 148 Marries 148 Mayor of Columbus 148, 149 Parentage of 147 Practices among Indians 148 Private asylum at Lexington 153 Professor in Transylvania 149 Purchases "Duncannon" 152 Return to Lexington 149 Takes charge of Lunatic Asylum 149 Takes issue with Doctor Dudley 148 Work for idiots 150, 151 Work for Lunatic Asylum 149, 150

Chipley, Reverend Stephen 147

Cholera of 1833 66, 67, *67, 73

Cholera of 1833, number of deaths *67

Churchill, Armistead 82

Churchill, Jane Henry 82

Churchill, Mary Henry 82

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