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The Medical School of Maine, 1820-1920

Establishment of the Medical School of Maine

“Laws of the State of Maine: passed by the Legislature, at its session, which commenced on Wednesday, the thirty-first day of May, and ended on the twenty-eighth day of June, A.D. 1820.” Portland [ME]: Francis Douglas, printer to the State, 1820.

“Laws of the State of Maine: passed by the Legislature, at its session, which commenced on Wednesday, the thirty-first day of May, and ended on the twenty-eighth day of June, A.D. 1820.” Portland [ME]: Francis Douglas, printer to the State, 1820.
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In its first year, the Medical School educated 22 students; within a decade, its class size had grown to around 100 pupils, a student population of nearly three times the size of Bowdoin College itself.

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