Nathan Smith was one of New England’s best-known and respected physicians. He was a skilled surgeon, teacher, writer, and practitioner. At a time when most American physicians were poorly educated, he single-handedly founded Dartmouth Medical School, and co-founded the University of Vermont College of Medicine, the medical school at Bowdoin College, and the Yale School of Medicine. Initially the only member of the Dartmouth Medical School faculty, Smith taught anatomy, … Wikipedia
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The medical school flourished in its early years especially due to the reputations of Nathan Smith, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic and Surgery, and Benjamin Silliman, Professor of Chemistry. info.med.yale.edu/library/exhibits/yalemed1/medinstyaleco...
Nathan Smith SMITH, Nathan, physician, born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 13 September, 1762; died in New Haven, Connecticut, 26 July, 1828. www.famousamericans.net/nathansmith/