312 LIFE A. YD CORRESPONDENCE OF THE [1789 



on by the Committee, viz. : the Treasurer, Col. Miles, and Mr. Bing- 

 ham, formerly appointed for the advertising the estate for sale. 



When the restitution of its rights to the College was made, the 

 Professors in the medical schools came again to their places. 

 These Professors were Dr. William Shippcn, Jr., Professor of 

 Anatomy and Surgery; Adam Kuhn, Professor of I^otany and 

 Materia Medica; and Benjamin Rush, Professor of Chemistry. 

 Being waited upon by a committee of the Trustees, they severally 

 expressed their satisfaction upon the renewal of their connection 

 with the Trustees of the College, and their restoration to their 

 Professorships under them in discharging their duties, of which, 

 as heretofore, it was their wish and intention to continue :* 



It was determined to confer no longer the degree of Bachelor 

 of Medicine. The reason for this course was "that it would not be 

 for the honor of the College or the advancement of sound litera- 

 ture to continue the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, lest young 

 and inexperienced men under the sanction of that degree and of 

 their collegiate education, assuming the name of Doctor, might be 

 tempted to impose upon the public, by a too early practice. It has, 

 therefore, been determined that the degree of Doctor in Medicine 

 shall be the only medical degree conferred in this seminary." 



On the 17th of November, 1789, the following rules, of which 

 the original manuscript is in Dr. Smith's handwriting, respecting a 

 medical education, having been passed by the Trustees, were 

 published: 



1. No person shall be received as a candidate for the degree of Doc- 

 tor in Medicine until he has arrived to the age of twenty-one years, and 

 has applied himself to the study of Medicine in the College for at least 

 two years. Those students and candidates who reside in the city of 

 Philadelphia, or within five miles thereof must have been the pupils of 

 some respectable physician for the space of three years, and those who 

 may come from the country and from any greater distance than five 

 miles, must have studied with some reputable physician thereof at least 

 two years. 



2. Every candidate shall have regularly attended the lectures of the 

 following Professors, viz. : of Anatomy and Surgery; of Chemistry and 



*Dr. John Morgan, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Pliysic, was not at the 

 time within the State. The Trustees considered him reinstated and entitled to 

 continue in his office until his return. 



