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 of efficiency. When it left Cambridge at the close of the Siege, in April, 1776, it was probably better organized, better manned, and better equipped than at any other stage of the war. And at this highly satisfactory point in the development of the Hospital Corps, having followed its origin and growth for the first year of the Revolution (though other Harvard men subsequently joined its ranks), our investigation may well terminate.

One word more respecting Morgan, though, is of especial interest to Harvard men. Ten years before this date he had established at Philadelphia, under the auspices of his college, the first medical school in the country. Besides his powers as a constructive and administrative pioneer, he had all the enthusiasm of the natural teacher, and all the gifts of communicating that enthusiasm to others. There seems no doubt that, under the inspiration gained from him, and with the confidence derived from a study of his methods, young Dr. Warren, who was closely associated with him for fifteen months, conceived the idea of founding a similar school at Cambridge. This idea, as is well known, he brought to fruition in 1783 by the opening of the Harvard Medical School, the germ of which may therefore be traced to the memorable year of ’75.

To sum up, then: the sudden development of military medicine that was forced to the front at the outbreak of