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Feuding Founders of First US Medical School
The early years of the nation’s first medical school did not go smoothly. Not at all. The medical school, now the Perelman School of Medicine, was founded under the auspices of the College of Philadelphia, which would eventually become the University of Pennsylvania. The first class of medical students started classes on Thursday, November, 14,…
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The Most Important Half-Finished Painting in American History
Hanging in a prominent position in the Winterthur Museum in Pennsbury Township, Delaware, is a painting one might think shouldn’t be there at all. It might, to the casual visitor, look like it belongs back in the artist’s studio to be completed. Half of it is blank, after all. The painting is, however, as complete…
