1869 Valedictory Address of Toland Medical College, by L.C. Lane Professor of Anatomy. Published at the Request of the Class; Spears & Co. San Francisco. 1869

An 18 pp pamphlet with paper wraps. An address to the Gentleman of the Graduating Class, November 4, 1869.

In 1858 California surgeon Elias Samuel Cooper organized the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific with a board of trustees consisting of ten clergymen and three physicians. The first session opened in May 1859, with a class of ten attending lectures in materia medica, chemistry, physiology, anatomy and medical jurisprudence. Dr. Cooper's death in 1862 brought confusion to the new school, and in 1864 the Pacific Medical faculty "suspended" activities and joined Dr. Hugh Toland in his efforts to found a viable medical school (truncated) in San Francisco.
As San Francisco's population continued to grow, Hugh Toland's influence and wealth also increased, earning an estimated $40,000 per year. In 1864, he decided to establish a medical school in San Francisco and purchased land for that purpose in North Beach, at Stockton and Francisco, opposite the San Francisco City and County Hospital. A handsome building was soon completed, and Toland Medical College was open for enrolment. Clinical instruction and dissecting experience were the centerpieces of Toland's educational program, reflecting his training and experience in Parisian hospitals where clinical findings were carefully correlated with autopsy results."
http://history.library.ucsf.edu/1868_hospitals.html

5 ¾" x 8 ¼". (Inventory #: 23001100)