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200 Years of Medicine at Yale

Nearly 200 years ago, in October 1810, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill establishing the Medical Institution of Yale College, a joint venture between Yale and the Connecticut State Medical Society. The resulting institution then consisted of four professorships appointed by the Corporation of Yale College after nomination by a joint committee of the corporation and the medical society. The fledgling medical school opened its doors in 1813 with those four professors, an adjunct professor and a student body of 37. The course of studies consisted of a few months of lectures in a classroom. Only three students would graduate with medical degrees in 1814. More...

(photo by Robert A. Lisak)