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The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University · Robert Peter — chapter 27 of 32 · ~465 words · public domain

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Organization of Medical Faculty in 1809 13 In 1817 32

Origin of Transylvania Seminary 2

Origin of Transylvania University 1

Owen, Doctor David Dale 94, 99, 161 Death of 96 Describes Doctor Peter's laboratory *95 On Doctor Peter's chemical work 95 Owen, Colonel Richard 99

Overton, Doctor James 26, 27, 29, 30, 32 Education of *28 Professor of Materia Medica and Botany 13 Removed from Lexington 28 Sketch of, by Mrs. Bullock *28

Palmer, James W. 38

Parrish, Doctor 111

Patti, Adelina 163

Pattison, Professor Granville Sharpe 122

Patton, Elizabeth 7

Paxton, W. M. *156

Peers, Reverend B. O. *83, 85, 89, *89

Pendleton, Major-General 59

Percy, Thomas G. 6

Permanent location of Transylvania Seminary 3

Peter, Doctor Robert 21, 63, 79, 109, 112, *115, *133, 156 Biographical sketch of 88 Ancestry 88 Analyses in new geological survey 98 Analyses in survey of Arkansas 99 Analyses in survey of Indiana 99 Analyses of Trenton limestone 99 Antagonistic to Doctor Yandell 102, 103 Appearance of 104 As army surgeon 97 As botanist 93 As city councilman 104 As editor 101 As experimental chemist 103, 104 As lecturer 103 As practitioner 90 As teacher 93 As toxicologist 98 As writer 101 Assists Doctor Yandell 89 At Rensselaer School 89, *89 Attacked by Louisville controversialists *102 Born 88 Brings first daguerreotype outfit to Lexington 92 Comes to America 88 Comes to Lexington 89 Character, by a colleague 104 Character of his teachings 92 Cholera of 1833 90 Controversy on the removal of the school to Louisville 101, 102 Dean of the Faculty 90 Degree of M. D. 90 Death of 104 Discovery of phosphates 99 Donates apparatus *90 Early education 88 Emeritus Professor 101 Examination of calculi 92 Experiments with gun-cotton, etc. 92 Extracts from letters of 91 Herbarium 93 In agriculture and horticulture 101 In Arkansas geological survey 98, 99 Inaugurates the Kentucky Geological Survey 94 In Civil War 96, 97 In the Eclectic Institute 89 In the Kentucky Geological Survey 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Lectures at Pittsburg 89 Marries 90 Naturalized 88, 89 Professor in Kentucky University 100 Professor in Kentucky School of Medicine 93 Professor in Transylvania Medical Department 90 Proves the importance of soil analysis 94, 95 Purchases apparatus in Europe 90, 91 Reconciliation with Doctor Yandell 103 Religious views 100, *101 Retires from medical practice 90 Unanimously elected to chair in Morrison College 90 Views on Louisville controversy 102

Petre, Sir William 88

Population of Lexington, fluctuation in 57, 58

Powell, Doctor Llewellyn *115

Preliminary preparation of patients by Doctor Dudley 19, 20

Present prosperity of Lexington 160

Present whereabouts of medical library and apparatus 56

Presbyterian patronage of Transylvania Seminary 2

President of Kentucky Academy 4

Preston family, memoranda of *7

Preston, John 7

Preston, Margaret 7

Priestly, Doctor 4

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