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The ten states, which have had the most medical schools, are 

 located in general, east of the Mississippi, and rank among the 

 oldest; they are the following: New York, 45; Missouri, 45; Illi- 

 nois, 44; Ohio, 40; Indiana, 27; Georgia, 20; Pennsylvania, 20; 

 Tennessee, 19; Michigan, 16; and Massachusetts, 15. Arizona, Del- 

 aware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming have 

 never had any. The number has not always been proportional to 

 the state population. For example, Missouri, Indiana, Georgia and 

 Tennessee have high values with a relatively low population. 



The peak in the number of medical schools was reached in 

 the first decade of the 20th Century when many private, fly- 

 i^y-night establishments existed; these had organized to make some 

 ([uick money, particularly in their anatomical courses. About this 

 time, they became a target for such standardizing boards as the 

 American Medical Association and the Association of American 

 Medical Colleges. These organizations were successful in elim- 

 inating the least stable and worthy of the group. 



It is natural that more has been written about the oldest, 

 medical institutions because, with the passage of time, they de- 

 \eloped a background of traditions which has attracted the at- 

 tention of historians. Most of the difficulties encountered in dis- 

 section occurred during the formative stages of medical education 

 I in America before satisfactory anatomical laws were developed 

 in the various states. The following state regions will be high- 

 Bghted: New England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic and East 

 ilorth Central. A list below gives the names of the schools about 



