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The Formation of the First Black Medical Society

Herbert W. Nickens, MD, MA

JAMA. 1985;253(17):2549-2552.

Abstract
In the last half of the 19th century, medicine was becoming organized. In Washington, DC, in 1870, the attempt by black physicians to join the local medical society met with fierce and successful resistance. Ultimately, a separate, racially integrated medical society was formed. One hundred years ago, it became the still-vital Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia, the local branch of the National Medical Society.

(JAMA 1985;253:2549-2552)

Author Affiliations
From the Center for Studies of the Mental Health of the Aging, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Md; and the Departments of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, and George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC.

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