Oct. 4, 2009- More About Dr. Thomas Jefferson Manning and the University of Nashville

I have gathered some interesting information about the University of Nashville Medical Department in 1855 which is the year Dr. Thomas Jefferson Manning is said to have graduated.
First, on October 30, 1855, an Introductory Address was delivered before the Class of the Medical Department by John M. Watson, M.D. who was Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Dr. Manning may have completed his training by the October 1855 date, but I found that Dr. Watson was part of the faculty beginning in 1850. This would mean that Dr. Watson was one of the professors who may have taught Dr. Manning.

I came across advertisements placed in a variety of medical journals by the University of Nashville. They are recruitment ads and they are very similar in content from 1853-1855. I found the ads in journals such as Proceedings of the Australian Association of Neurologists, Vol 7-9, 1855, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ,Vol. 48, 1853, and in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 49, 1854. The following is a transcription of the 1854 publication of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. You will see that it reflects the courses and professors that Dr. Manning would have had. It also reflects the fees that he would have paid.

UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT- The third Annual Course of Lectures in this Department will commence on Tuesday, the first of November next and continue till the first of the ensuing March.

Paul F. Eve MD- Principles and Practice of Surgery
John M. Watson MD-Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children
A. H. Buchanan MD- Surgical and Pathological Anatomy and Physiology
W. K. Bowling MD- Institutes and Practice of Medicine
C. K. Winston MD- Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence
Robert M. Porter MD- General and Special Anatomy
J. Berrien Lindsley MD- Chemistry and Pharmacy
William T. Briggs MD- Demonstrator of Anatomy

The anatomical rooms will be opened for students on the first Monday in October.
A full Preliminary Course of lectures will be given by the Professors, commencing on the first Monday in October.
The Students will have free access to the State Hospital.

Fee of each Professor, $15. Matriculation ticket, $5. Dissecting ticket, $10. Graduation fee, $25.

Good board can be obtained in the city at from $2.50 to $3 per week. Further information can be obtained by addressing
J. B. Lindsley, MD Dean

Nashville, Tennessee June 1853

I will continue to gather some more information about the University of Nashville Medical Department. Putting these pieces together helps get a better picture of what Great, Great Grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Manning might have experienced.