African American Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1846 …

1881 Charles B. Purvis is appointed surgeon-in-chief of Freedmen’s Hospital; first African American civilian in the US to head a civilian hospital. 1882 Leonard Medical School of Shaw University is established in Raleigh, NC. 1883 The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes its first issue. AMA Past President Nathan Smith Davis is founding editor.

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