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the faculty was reorganized and lectures were resumed 

 in the same building. After a career of fifty-nine years 

 the Missouri Medical College in 1899, in conjunction with 

 the St. Louis Medical College, became the Medical De- 

 partment of Washington University. 



In May, 1845, the faculty of the Medical Department 

 of Kemper College started a journal called the "Mis- 

 souri Medical and Surgical Journal," but in September, 

 1848, it was merged with the "St. Louis Medical and 

 Surgical Journal. ' ' 



Edward Wyman, who established an English and 

 Classical High School in St. Louis in 1843, set about to 

 form a museum of natural history under the direction of 

 Mr. J. P. Bates. In his "Thoughts About St. Louis' ' 

 Hogan says: 



"For several years past Mr. Wyman has been collecting specimens 

 of 'Natural History/ and has had engaged in their preparation and 

 arrangement a gentleman of unquestionable skill, of which his work 

 is a most conclusive demonstration. Mr. Bates, the naturalist em- 

 ployed in this department, works steadily, quietly, yet with all the 

 enthusiasm of a true devotee to the science of his choice, in the taste- 

 ful preparation and arrangement of this beautiful cabinet. No pains, 

 or expense, or labor is spared, either in the collection or preparation 

 of these specimens. There are specimens from almost all lands, 

 while river, lake and ocean furnish a few. Mr. Bates has just re- 

 turned from Europe whither he went to collect rare specimens, and 

 returned laden with spoils. The collections, especially in the depart- 

 ment of ornithology, are as fine as I have ever seen anywhere — prob- 

 ably finer than can be found in this country, not so much for the 

 great number of specimens — for it is very select — but for their beauty, 

 their rarity, and the tasteful manner of their preparation and display. 

 Indeed, there are many specimens, both in this and other branches, 

 which I have not seen in other cabinets and museums in the United 

 States, and I doubt if they can be found in private or public cabinets 

 in this country. This whole Museum now embraces some two thou- 

 sand and five hundred specimens, and there are many very choice ones 

 brought by Mr. Bates from Europe in his last visit, not yet put up." 



This museum, which was on the third floor of Wyman 's 

 Hall, on Market street, opposite the Court House, was 

 purchased in 1851 by Dr. Albert C. Koch and conducted 

 for some years as the St. Louis Museum or Koch's 

 Museum. 



