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JAMA. 1970;212(4):617.

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Many Jefferson Medical College alumni have occupied prominent places in American medicine. This is suggested indirectly by the fact that Jefferson physicians have been physicians to or consultants in the treatment of more than half of the presidents of the United States.

When the role of "White House Physician" became official during the administration of James Buchanan, the first man to be appointed was Jonathan M. Foltz, Jefferson 1830, who later became Surgeon General. Dr. Foltz had earlier been physician to President James Polk, closely attending him as the President's health began to decline in 1848.

Even earlier, a future dean of Jefferson Medical College, Dr. Robley Dunglison, attended Thomas Jefferson. Apparently Dunglison was the only physician in whom the former president ever placed his trust. Jefferson wrote to Dunglison that he had decided to trust Nature (rather than bad physicians) "until your arrival gave me better prospects." Dr. Dunglison . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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