Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
Dr. David Hosack: “Stormy Petrel” of American Medical Education
By Michael Nevins, M.D., President, Medical History Society of New Jersey
Wednesday, March 13: Refreshments, 5:30; Lecture, 6pm
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, Room 2, 1150 St. Nicholas Ave. at West 168th St.
Columbia University’s A.C. Long Health Sciences Library is pleased to present Dr. Michael Nevins speaking on “Dr. David Hosack: ‘Stormy Petrel’ of American Medical Education” on Wednesday, March 13.
Dr. David Hosack (1769-1835) was a “mover and shaker” on New York’s medical scene during the early 19th century. While some considered him to be the outstanding practitioner of his era, others reviled him as a liar and troublemaker. Considered one of the star teachers of the early College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, he later fomented a faculty revolt that led to a mass resignation from the College, almost destroying it. Hosack then formed his own medical school in lower Manhattan that was affiliated with Rutgers College.
Hosack also was active in cultural affairs in the city and started America’s first public garden, located at what is now Rockefeller Center. In addition to discussing this charismatic and controversial physician, Dr. Nevins will describe medical student life in Olde New York as depicted in the diary of one of Hosack’s students.
The lecture begins at 6pm and is preceded by refreshments at 5:30.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC