Toledo Medical College was a medical school in Toledo, Ohio, from 1882 to 1914.[1] Eighteen local doctors each contributed $500 to set up the college.[2] A building to house the College was built in 1896, at the corner of Cherry and Page streets, in 1896. Students were required to have a high school diploma, or to pass an entrance examination.
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Prominent alumni of Toledo Medical College includes Leon S. Talaska, M.D., prominent humanitarian physician, notable for handling around 5,500 charity obstetrics and gynaecology cases without the loss of a single child or mother, for being the first physician of Polish descent in Toledo and being appointed City Physician.
References
edit- ^ The history of the Toledo Medical College, 1882-1914 [by] Max T. Schnitker and Walter H. Hartung, Jr., available at the Ohio Historical Society
- ^ William D. Speck (2002). "Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914 -- Images of America". Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738519784. Retrieved 2013-01-22.