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The minutes also include brief reports from various committees and notes on the admission of beneficiaries and special cases.
**College & Core Organization**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", type: "Medical school for women"}
**Key Persons (first definition only)**
@david_i_johnson:person {full_name: "David I. Johnson", role: "Dean"}
@w_s_peirce:person {full_name: "William S. Peirce", role: "Secretary"}
@seth_pancoast:person {full_name: "Seth Pancoast", title: "Professor of Anatomy"}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey", title: "Professor of Therap & Materia Medica"}
@joseph_longshore:person {full_name: "Joseph S. Longshore", title: "Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women & Children"}
@abraham_livezey:person {full_name: "Abraham Livezey", title: "Professor of Practice"}
@william_cornell:person {full_name: "William M. Cornell", title: "Professor of Physiology"}
@enoch_rolfe:person {full_name: "Enoch C. Rolfe", title: "Professor of Surgery"}
@henrietta_w_johnson:person {full_name: "Henrietta W. Johnson", residence: @new_york}
@almira_l_fowler:person {full_name: "Almira L. Fowler", residence: @new_york}
@maria_mckinnis:person {full_name: "Maria McKinnis", residence: @pennsylvania}
@charlotte_g_adams:person {full_name: "Charlotte G. Adams", residence: @boston}
@hannah_w_ellis:person {full_name: "Hannah W. Ellis", residence: @philadelphia}
@augusta_r_montgomery:person {full_name: "Augusta R. Montgomery", title: "M.D."}
@ann_preston:person {full_name: "Ann Preston", title: "M.D."}
@hilbern_darlington:person {full_name: "Hilbern Darlington", title: "M.D."}
@edwin_russell:person {full_name: "Edwin Russell", title: "M.D."}
@ellwood_hawey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Hawey", title: "M.D."}
@mark_g_kerr:person {full_name: "Mark G. Kerr", title: "M.D."}
@martha_browry:person {full_name: "Martha B. Browry", residence: @providence_ri}
@martha_h_moory:person {full_name: "Martha H. Moory", residence: @providence_ri}
@lucinda_r_brown:person {full_name: "Lucinda R. Brown", residence: @galveston_tx}
@harriet_k_hunt:person {full_name: "Harriet K. Hunt", residence: @boston}
@william_elder:person {full_name: "William Elder", title: "M.D."}
@h_g_thomas:person {full_name: "H. G. Thomas", residence: @marlboro_oh}
@lidia_p_jacobs:person {full_name: "Lydia P. Jacobs", residence: @philadelphia}
@minerva_t_hoes:person {full_name: "Minerva T. Hoes", residence: @oswego_ny}
@jemsha_b_merritt:person {full_name: "Jemsha B. Merritt", residence: @somerset_ny}
@jane_s_heald:person {full_name: "Jane S. Heald", residence: @lincoln_me}
@minna_elliger:person {full_name: "Minna Elliger", residence: @allentown_pa}
@elizabeth_g_shattuck:person {full_name: "Elizabeth G. Shattuck", residence: @philadelphia}
@elizabeth_h_bates:person {full_name: "Elizabeth H. Bates", residence: @morris_ny}
**Key Places (common‑knowledge references used where appropriate)**
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@musical_fund_hall:place {city: @philadelphia, type: "lecture hall"}
@musical_nona_hall:place {city: @philadelphia, type: "hall"}
@breiter_band:organization {type: "Band"}
**Committees (created as organizations)**
@committee_funds:organization {purpose: "raise funds"}
@committee_medicines:organization {purpose: "obtain medicines for dispensary"}
@committee_museum:organization {purpose: "procure preparations for museum"}
@committee_endowment:organization {purpose: "raise endowment fund"}
@committee_society:organization {purpose: "defray annual expenses"}
@committee_audit:organization {purpose: "audit Dean's accounts"}
@committee_announcement:organization {purpose: "prepare Fourth Annual Announcement"}
@committee_advertising:organization {purpose: "advertise Fourth Annual Session"}
@committee_beneficiaries:organization {purpose: "admit Beneficiaries"}
@committee_dissecting_room:organization {purpose: "fit up Dissecting Room and Anatomical Museum"}
@committee_dispensary:organization {purpose: "fit up College Dispensary"}
@committee_apparatus:organization {purpose: "procure additional apparatus"}
@committee_hall:organization {purpose: "select Hall for Commencement"}
**Positions / Chairs (created as concepts)**
@chair_anatomy:position {title: "Chair of Anatomy"}
@chair_obstetrics:position {title: "Chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women & Children"}
@chair_general_therapeutics:position {title: "Chair of General Therapeutics and Materia Medica"}
@chair_principles_practice:position {title: "Chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine"}
@chair_physiology_medical_institutes:position {title: "Chair of Physiology and Medical Institutes"}
@chair_surgery:position {title: "Chair of Surgery"}
@demonstrator_anatomy:position {title: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
**Events (Faculty Meetings, Commencements, Lectures)**
@meeting_1852_10_28:event {when: @date_1852_10_28, where: @philadelphia, number: 10}
@meeting_1853_01_12:event {when: @date_1853_01_12, where: @philadelphia, number: 11}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event {when: @date_1853_01_19, where: @philadelphia, number: 12}
@meeting_1853_01_26:event {when: @date_1853_01_26, where: @philadelphia, number: 13}
@meeting_1853_02_07:event {when: @date_1853_02_07, where: @philadelphia, number: 14}
@meeting_1853_02_15:event {when: @date_1853_02_15, where: @philadelphia, number: 16}
@meeting_1853_03_11:event {when: @date_1853_03_11, where: @philadelphia, number: 18}
@meeting_1853_04_23:event {when: @date_1853_04_23, where: @philadelphia, number: 20}
@meeting_1853_05_06:event {when: @date_1853_05_06, where: @philadelphia, number: 21}
@meeting_1853_05_12:event {when: @date_1853_05_12, where: @philadelphia, number: 22}
@meeting_1853_05_27:event {when: @date_1853_05_27, where: @philadelphia, number: 23}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event {when: @date_1853_10_01, where: @philadelphia, number: 24}
@meeting_1853_10_17:event {when: @date_1853_10_17, where: @philadelphia, number: 25}
@meeting_1853_10_28:event {when: @date_1853_10_28, where: @philadelphia, number: 26}
@meeting_1854_01_02:event {when: @date_1854_01_02, where: @philadelphia, number: 27}
@meeting_1854_01_27:event {when: @date_1854_01_27, where: @philadelphia, number: 28}
@meeting_1854_02_13:event {when: @date_1854_02_13, where: @philadelphia, number: 29}
@meeting_1854_02_21:event {when: @date_1854_02_21, where: @philadelphia, number: 30}
@commencement_1853_01_27:event {when: @date_1853_01_27, where: @musical_fund_hall, type: "Commencement"}
@commencement_1854_03_02:event {when: @date_1854_03_02, where: @musical_fund_hall, type: "Commencement"}
@commencement_1854_02_25:event {when: @date_1854_02_25, where: @musical_fund_hall, type: "Commencement"}
**Documents**
@honorary_degree_md:document {type: "Honorary MD degree"}
**Relationships (selected key facts)**
@file_a092_001_042_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1852_10_28:event
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> chaired by -> @david_i_johnson
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> secretary -> @w_s_peirce
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> elected -> @seth_pancoast {position: "Professor of Anatomy"}
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> appointed -> @committee_funds {members: [@ellwood_harvey, @david_i_johnson]}
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> appointed -> @committee_medicines {members: [@ellwood_harvey, @david_i_johnson]}
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> appointed -> @committee_museum {members: [@seth_pancoast, @ellwood_harvey]}
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> appointed -> @committee_endowment {members: [@seth_pancoast]}
@meeting_1852_10_28:event -> appointed -> @committee_society {members: [@ellwood_harvey, @seth_pancoast]}
@file_a092_001_043_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_01_12:event
@meeting_1853_01_12:event -> listed candidates -> [@henrietta_w_johnson, @almira_l_fowler, @maria_mckinnis, @charlotte_g_adams, @hannah_w_ellis, @augusta_r_montgomery, @charlotte_g_adams, @julia_a_beverly, @annah_n_s_anderson]
@file_a092_001_043_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_01_19:event
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @henrietta_w_johnson {white: "all"}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @almira_l_fowler {white: "all"}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @charlotte_g_adams {white: 6, black: 1}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @hannah_w_ellis {white: 4, black: 3}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @augusta_r_montgomery {white: "all"}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @charlotte_g_adams {white: "all"}
@meeting_1853_01_19:event -> ballot result -> @annah_n_s_anderson {white: 5, black: 2}
@file_a092_001_044_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_01_26:event
@meeting_1853_01_26:event -> appointed -> @committee_audit {members: [@ellwood_harvey, @seth_pancoast, @joseph_longshore]}
@meeting_1853_01_26:event -> scheduled -> @commencement_1853_01_27:event {location: @musical_fund_hall, time: "11:00"}
@meeting_1853_01_26:event -> engaged -> @breiter_band {fee: 36, currency: "USD"}
@file_a092_001_045_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_02_07:event
@meeting_1853_02_07:event -> recommended -> @ellwood_harvey {to: @chair_obstetrics}
@meeting_1853_02_07:event -> recommended -> @william_cornell {to: @chair_general_therapeutics}
@meeting_1853_02_07:event -> recommended -> @seth_pancoast {to: @chair_anatomy}
@file_a092_001_047_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_02_15:event
@meeting_1853_02_15:event -> resignation -> @joseph_longshore
@meeting_1853_02_15:event -> employed -> @augusta_r_montgomery {to dissect: @subject_dissection, pay_per_week: 6, currency: "USD"}
@file_a092_001_048_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_03_11:event
@meeting_1853_03_11:event -> recommended -> @ann_preston {to: @chair_physiology_medical_institutes}
@meeting_1853_03_11:event -> recommended -> @almira_l_fowler {to: @demonstrator_anatomy}
@meeting_1853_03_11:event -> vacated -> @abraham_livezey {from: @chair_principles_practice}
@file_a092_001_049_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_04_23:event
@meeting_1853_04_23:event -> elected -> @hilbern_darlington {to: @chair_surgery}
@meeting_1853_04_23:event -> elected -> @ann_preston {to: @chair_physiology_medical_institutes}
@file_a092_001_050_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_05_06:event
@meeting_1853_05_06:event -> recommended -> @ellwood_harvey {to: @chair_principles_practice}
@meeting_1853_05_06:event -> recommended -> @mark_g_kerr {to: @chair_general_therapeutics}
@meeting_1853_05_06:event -> conferred honorary degree -> @martha_browry {degree: @honorary_degree_md}
@meeting_1853_05_06:event -> elected -> @harriet_k_hunt {to: @chair_obstetrics}
@file_a092_001_051_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_05_12:event
@meeting_1853_05_12:event -> elected -> @edwin_russell {to: @chair_anatomy}
@meeting_1853_05_12:event -> resignation -> @ellwood_hawey
@meeting_1853_05_12:event -> elected -> @mark_g_kerr {to: @chair_general_therapeutics}
@meeting_1853_05_12:event -> conferred honorary degree -> @martha_h_moory {degree: @honorary_degree_md}
@file_a092_001_053_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_05_27:event
@meeting_1853_05_27:event -> lecturer -> @william_elder {topic: "Medical Jurisprudence"}
@file_a092_001_054_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_10_01:event
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_announcement {status: "prepared Fourth Annual Announcement, printed 1000 copies, cost $100"}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_advertising {status: "progress"}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_beneficiaries {status: "progress"}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_dissecting_room {status: "completed"}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_dispensary {status: "progress"}
@meeting_1853_10_01:event -> reported -> @committee_apparatus {status: "progress"}
@file_a092_001_055_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_10_17:event
@meeting_1853_10_17:event -> admitted beneficiary -> @lidia_p_jacobs
@meeting_1853_10_17:event -> admitted beneficiary -> @minerva_t_hoes
@meeting_1853_10_17:event -> admitted beneficiary -> @jemsha_b_merritt (notes taken for fee)
@meeting_1853_10_17:event -> admitted beneficiary -> @jane_s_heald (granted gratuitously)
@file_a092_001_056_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1853_10_28:event
@meeting_1853_10_28:event -> recommended -> @h_g_thomas {to: @chair_surgery}
@file_a092_001_057_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1854_01_02:event
@meeting_1854_01_02:event -> resolution -> @demonstrator_anatomy {gender: "female", elected_by: "Corporators"}
@meeting_1854_01_02:event -> application -> @lucinda_r_brown {status: "special case admitted for examination"}
@file_a092_001_058_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1854_01_27:event
@meeting_1854_01_27:event -> scheduled -> @commencement_1854_03_02:event {location: @musical_fund_hall, time: "11:00"}
@meeting_1854_01_27:event -> engaged -> @breiter_band {fee: 36, currency: "USD"}
@file_a092_001_059_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1854_02_13:event
@meeting_1854_02_13:event -> listed candidates -> [@lucinda_r_brown, @minna_elliger, @elizabeth_g_shattuck, @elizabeth_h_bates]
@file_a092_001_060_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1854_02_21:event
@meeting_1854_02_21:event -> committee -> @committee_hall {task: "select Hall for Commencement"}
@meeting_1854_02_21:event -> engaged -> @musical_nona_hall {purpose: "Commencement venue"}
@meeting_1854_02_21:event -> engaged -> @breiter_band {fee: 36, currency: "USD"}
**Additional Notable Relationships**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1852_10_28:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_01_12:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_01_19:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_01_26:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_02_07:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_02_15:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_03_11:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_04_23:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_05_06:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_05_12:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_05_27:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_10_01:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_10_17:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1853_10_28:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1854_01_02:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1854_01_27:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1854_02_13:event
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held -> @meeting_1854_02_21:event
**Graduate Theses (selected examples)**
@hannah_w_ellis -> thesis -> "Parturition"
@henrietta_w_johnson -> thesis -> "Functions of the Skin"
@maria_mckinnis -> thesis -> "Medical Jurisprudence"
@almina_s_fowler -> thesis -> "Relations of Body and Mind"
@ann_s_anderson -> thesis -> "General Physiology"
@julia_a_beverly -> thesis -> "Ferrum"
@augusta_r_montgomery -> thesis -> "Medical Education of Women"
@margaret_richardson -> thesis -> "Phthisis Pulmonalis"
@charlotte_g_adams -> thesis -> "De effectis lactationis mimiae"
**Honorary Degrees**
@honorary_degree_md -> conferred upon -> @harriet_k_hunt
@honorary_degree_md -> conferred upon -> @martha_browry
@honorary_degree_md -> conferred upon -> @martha_h_moory
**Band Engagements**
@breiter_band -> performed at -> @commencement_1853_01_27:event {fee: 36, currency: "USD"}
@breiter_band -> performed at -> @commencement_1854_03_02:event {fee: 36, currency: "USD"}
**Janitorial Contract (May 1853)**
@meeting_1853_05_06:event -> contracted -> @janitor:person {name: "Henry P. Birenbaum", term_start: @date_1853_05_01, salary: 300, currency: "USD"}
**Bell‑Ringing Schedule (Oct 1853 & Feb 1854)**
@meeting_1853_10_17:event -> set bell schedule -> {times: ["10:00","11:00","12:00","13:00","14:00","16:00","17:00","18:00"]}
@meeting_1854_02_21:event -> revised bell schedule -> {ring_before_hour: true, minutes_before: 5}
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