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Dr.  Lyman  Spalding. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1919. 
lecturer  at  Fairfield  Academy  in  1809,  and  lectured  there  for  several 
years.  The  journey  to  Fairfield  from  Boston  was  a  matter  of 
three  days  and  nights.  He  was  made  lecturer  on  chemistry  and 
surgery  during  his  first  appointment,  while  Dr.  George  C.  Shattuck, 
of  Harvard,  was  made  lecturer  on  medicine.  The  courses  seem  to 
have  been  not  simultaneous,  but  tandem,  as  it  were,  Dr.  Spalding 
lecturing  on  chemistry  and  surgery  for  six  weeks,  and  being  fol- 
lowed by  Dr.  Shattuck,  who  lectured  for  the  same  period  on  medi- 
cine, this  making  a  term  of  three  months.  The  success  of  the 
school  was  so  great  that  it  became  necessary  to  erect  a  new  building, 
and  permission  was  asked  of  the  legislature  to  establish  a  lottery 
to  raise  $5,000.  Lotteries,  it  may  be  remarked,  were  at  this  time  a 
popular  method  of  raising  money  for  educational  and  religious  pur- 
poses. The  Washington  Monument  in  Baltimore  was  started  by  a 
lottery,  as  also  the  University  of  Maryland,  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  and  St.  Paul's  Church.  Many  details  are  given  in  the 
biography  of  Spalding  in  reference  to  the  lottery  plan,  and  new  light 
is  thrown  upon  it  by  the  suggestion  in  one  of  the  letters  that,  if  the 
legislature  granted  the  authority,  the  privilege  of  the  lottery  might 
be  disposed  of  to  some  other  parties  at  a  discount.  The  success  of 
the  school  at  Fairfield  became  so  great  as  to  excite  the  cupidity  of 
persons  who  were  interested  in  the  development  of  Hamilton 
Academy,  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  into  Hamilton  College,  and  an  effort 
to  establish  a  similar  medical  school  at  Hamilton.  The  agitation 
finally  brought  an  appropriation  of  $100,000  to  Hamilton  Academy, 
and  it  became  Hamilton  College,  while  Fairfield  was  obliged  to  be 
satisfied  with  receiving  $10,000  for  the  construction  of  a  building 
and  a  charter  giving  the  privilege  to  grant  degrees,  and  thus  to 
become  an  established  medical  school, 
The  following  letter,  sent  by  Dr.  Spalding  to  Dr.  George  Shat- 
tuck, of  Boston,  gives  a  very  interesting  idea  of  his  conception  of 
the  influence  of  medical  teaching,  and  its  benefit  to  the  medical 
teacher : 
Dear  Sir:  I  can  only  say  that  I  regret  exceedingly  the  opinion  of  your- 
self and  friends,  that  your  avocations  will  not  suffer  you  to  visit  Fairfield 
once  more.  I  acknowledge  that,  at  present,  the  compensation  is  not  adequate 
to  the  output  and  the  loss  of  business,  but,  Sir,  I  do  really  believe  that  this 
school  may  be  made  second  to  none  but  Philadelphia.  If  not,  I  will  join 
wi£h  you  in  resignation.    What  effect  has  the  Professorship  already  had  on 
