Dartmouth Medical School in the USA: Establishment, Innovators, and Innovations (the Late 18th – 19th Century)

Abstract

The article reveals the peculiarities of the Dartmouth Medical School establishment. Moreover, the author appeals to American outstanding innovators and innovations from the late 18th century to the 19th century. Note that N. Smith was an innovator-organizer of American medical schools (Dartmouth Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, Bowdoin Medical School, and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia). Besides, N. Smith’s methods of typhus treating and certain surgical operations, as ovariotomy, staphyloraphy, were innovative in American medicine. Also, R. Mussey, D. Crosby, E. Peasley, C. Frost provided innovative activity at Dartmouth Medical School during the 19th century. Among the crucial innovations, there were new departments, implementation of new teaching methods within the educational process, use of various European practices and devices, including the X-ray apparatus, etc.