The Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia.
course upon the "Introduction of Medical Schools in America," published in 1765, to which we shall have occasion again to revert, were, "A Recommendation of Inoculation according to Baron Dimsdale's Method," printed in 1776, and a work written some years prior to the Revolution upon "The Reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union between Great Britain and her American Colonies." In 1777 he published "A Vindication of his Public Character in the Station of Director-General of the Military Hospitals." In addition to these, he contributed to the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society for 1786, "An Account of a Pye Negro Girl and Mulatto Boy;" an article "On the Art of Making Anatomical Preparations by Corrosion," an abstract from the essay presented by him to the French Academy of Surgery; and an interesting paper "On a Snake in a Horse's Eye, and of other Unnatural Productions of Animals."
The life of Morgan affords a bright example of acquirement, perseverance, usefulness, and a noble love and devotion to the profession of his choice. The title of founder of Public Medical Instruction in America justly belongs to him, yet no memorial exists to recall his great services to his profession and his Alma Mater. His very name is almost
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