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Student Examination Notes Collection

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Student Examination Notes Collection

Overview

The Student Examination Notes Collection is a bound minute book comprising 213 pages of faculty deliberations from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania. The volume, measuring 18.5 × 23.2 cm, was produced in Philadelphia between 25 June 1850 and 8 October 1864. It is a mixed‑material record that includes handwritten minutes, notes on student examinations, and decisions concerning graduation requirements.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, was the first institution worldwide to regularly educate women in medicine. The faculty minutes document the college’s early governance, including the establishment of by‑laws, curriculum changes, and committee deliberations. The collection is held by the Drexel Legacy Collections and was originally scanned as part of the “a92min18501864” set. The material is in English and is subject to copyright restrictions that require written permission for reproduction beyond fair use.

Contents

Key entries record faculty discussions on joint examinations, the adoption of a “second vote” proposition for a student (Miss Putnam), and the resulting impact on her eligibility for graduation. The pages include references to correspondence with Dr. Percy of the New York Medical College and notes on dissection practices. Representative images, such as page 183, illustrate the handwritten minutes and the faculty’s deliberative process. The collection also contains administrative notes on faculty meetings, by‑law amendments, and curriculum adjustments, reflecting the evolving standards of medical education for women during the period.

Scope

The collection covers the first fourteen years of the college’s existence (1850‑1864), focusing on faculty governance and student examination procedures. It is geographically bound to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specifically the college’s address at 229 Arch Street. The material is relevant to scholars of women’s medical education, early medical colleges, and institutional governance. The collection does not include clinical or teaching materials beyond the examination notes, nor does it extend beyond the 1864 cutoff.

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of a joint examination: the professors confer together with reference to her several examinations & give her the advantage of a second vote. This proposition having accepted by the faculty resulted in increasing her white vote by one member only & consequently in her original exclusion from the privilege of graduation. The Dean reported that a second letter had been received from Dr. Percy in reply & that addressed to the Dean of the New York Med. Coll. in which every single inquiry save that relating to Miss Putnam's New York dissection was evaded as in his first communication. He reports that she has dissected in the College & in his

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