The First Medical College in Vermont: Castleton, 1818-1862

280 pp. "The primary object of this book is to give intimate details of the activities of a prosperous and long-lived country medical college as a basis of understanding the operation and the many difficulties encountered by institutions of this type. Furthermore, although attention is focused primarily on the Castleton Medical Academy, reference to similar institutions are included, as is discussion of the conditions that applied generally to all rural (as distinguished from urban) medical colleges of the pre-War-Between-the-States period. The manner of presentation is interesting, and the author has made an excellent and well documented contribution in fulfilling these objectives. The book consists of 15 chapters in which, among other topics, are described the original "proprietors," the trustees and faculty, the curriculum, student expenses, and the final closing of the institution in 1862. There are seven appendixes in addition to 2 catalogs listing graduates and non-graduates. The book is well indexed."