Galveston, TX, United States
Galveston Medical College. First medical college in Texas and predecessor of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the school opened in 1865 as a branch of Soule University at Chappell Hill. Although equipment during the first session consisted of one skeleton, one obstetrical dummy, and three ana
tomy charts, the teaching level was high -- equal to that in most medical schools in the United States at the time. The college moved three times in eight years, but enrollment increased to 46 by 1873
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