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when a suitable building was erected. The new edifice was orna- 

 mental and a credit to the city; it still stands as the oldest extant 

 in America, having been in continuous use for almost 250 years. 

 With its completion, anatomizing was resumed, but was done 

 under stealth. Concealed dissecting-areas behind the sloping seats 

 in the anatomical theatre were used when necessary. Also in- 

 cluded in the construction were hidden exits, stairways and cubby- 

 holes in anticipation of surprise attacks by irate citizens (Figge, 

 •57). 



The second professor of anatomy at the University of Mary- 

 land was Granville Sharp Pattison, who would stand out as an 

 interesting character in any period. He arrived in America from 

 Scotland with the understanding that he would become professor 

 of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania but when he dis- 

 covered that this had been given to William Gibson, he migrated 

 to Baltimore, taking with him an extensive anatomical collec- 

 tion, which had evidently been bequeathed to him by Allen Burns 

 of Scotland. These, he sold to the University of Maryland for the 

 price of $8,000, a large amount for that time, which is indicative 

 of the scarcity of this type of material. Some of his collection still 

 exists and is used mainly for exhibition purposes. 



Pattison was probably best known for his behavior in a clash 

 with Dr. Nathaniel Chapman of the University of Pennsylvania. 

 This may have been associated with the fact that he had been 

 rejected in respect to the chair of anatomy and surgery at that in- 

 stitution. At any rate. Chapman circularized pamphlets of a 

 malignant nature against the character of Pattison. Being a man 

 of strong emotions and prejudices, the latter responded in like 

 manner, publishing denials attempting to show that the claims 

 were false. So emotional did he become that he issued a chal- 

 lenge to Chapman to a duel. 



Invading Chapman's territory in Philadelphia, Pattison took 

 the offensive and boldly posted a notice in two public places, 

 as follows (Figge, '57): 



"To the Public 



Whereas Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., professor of theory and 

 practice of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania . . . has 



