Excerpt from An Introductory Discourse Delivered at the Commencement of the Course of Lectures to the Rutgers Medical Faculty of Geneva College: On Monday, the 14th Day of November, 1827 Be it enacted by the people of the state of New York represented in Senate and Assembly, That all diplomas, granted by authorities out of this state to individuals who have pursued their studies in any medical school in this state, shall be void and of no effect, as it regards authorizing the said individuals to practise physio and surgery in this state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Geneva College Medical School Collection includes a variety of material from 1830 to 1942. Most of the items in the collection are annual catalogs, circulars, and registers published by the parent school of the respective time period, Geneva or Hobart College. These all have similar content and provide information such as faculty and student lists, course descriptions, and program requirements for the college as a whole, including the medical department. The collection also contains lectures given at the medical school, a list of female graduates by year, and other documents related to the history of Geneva College and the medical school. A detailed list of the items that were placed into the cornerstone of the original Geneva College Medical School building is also included.