{"id":6669,"date":"2020-09-23T08:46:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=6669"},"modified":"2022-09-30T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:48:17","slug":"history-of-bmc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/radiology\/unique-hospital\/history-of-bmc\/","title":{"rendered":"History of BMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<h4>BU<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>First institution in the world to formally educate female physicians.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>The first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>BMC<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>The first municipal hospital established in the United States.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>First Radiology Department in the United States<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Development of the nation\u2019s first academically affiliated Home Medical Service.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>One of the few research institutions of its kind when its activities began in 1912 linking research with clinical care<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Home of the Framingham Heart Study<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Alumnus Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the\u00a0New England Journal of Medicine \u2013 the only woman to hold the position in the job in 200 year history<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>BU<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1848<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Originally known as the\u00a0\u00a0<strong>American Medical Education Society<\/strong>,\u00a0 with the intent to promote medical education of women.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/Boston_University_seal.svg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Name changed to\u00a0<strong>New England Female Medical College<\/strong>\u00a0reflecting mission to specifically educate women and renamed Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine in 1873<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>first institution in the world to formally educate female physicians.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/New_England_Female_Medical_College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/New_England_Female_Medical_College.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"483\" class=\" wp-image-192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/New_England_Female_Medical_College.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/New_England_Female_Medical_College-636x488.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/New_England_Female_Medical_College-768x589.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New England Female Medical College<br \/>\nOther name NEFMC<br \/>\nActive 1848\u20131874 (merged into Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine)<br \/>\nFounder Samuel Gregory<br \/>\nLocation Boston, Massachusetts, United States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1849<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Donation to build a Free hospital<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>\u201cthe hospital was suggested \u2026 by Elisha Goodnow, who, by his will, dated July 12, 1849, gave property to the city valued at $25,000, for establishment of a free city hospital in Wards Eleven or Twelve.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><\/span><strong>1850<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Massachusetts Legislature officially incorporates the Society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><\/span><span>Classes of the society were offered under the name\u00a0<strong>Female Medical Education Society<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Mission\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>create a medical school in Boston exclusively for women,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>with its own teaching hospital,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>to teach midwifery and nursing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>with the intent treat women and children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><strong>1852<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>School was called the\u00a0<strong>New England Female Medical College<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>established in the home\u00a0<\/span><span>of\u00a0<\/span>Boylston Medical School<span>\u00a0President Dr. Winslow Lewis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u201cprovided women with a socially sanctioned position in a feminized occupation\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-:3_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3>BMC<\/h3>\n<h4>1855<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Boston University Medical Center Hospital<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(BUMCH) founded as the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1864<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>Boston City Hospital (BCH) opened in 1864\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-Dedication-of-a-City-Hospital.pdf\">Dedication of a City Hospital<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>PDF<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<\/strong>intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and \u2026 to provide accommodations and medical treatment to others, who do not wish to be regarded as dependent on public charity.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/5302005boston_city_hospital_1903-650x221-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/5302005boston_city_hospital_1903-650x221-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"221\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/5302005boston_city_hospital_1903-650x221-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/5302005boston_city_hospital_1903-650x221-1-636x216.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0001.Boston-City-Hospital.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0001.Boston-City-Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"424\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0001.Boston-City-Hospital.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0001.Boston-City-Hospital-381x636.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>The first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>The first municipal hospital established in the United States.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>In his address in the dedication of the City\u00a0 Hospital in 1864, Thomas C Amory included the following content<\/h4>\n<h4>Boston City a\u00a0 Charitable City<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment191\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"142\" class=\" wp-image-191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb.jpg 1487w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb-636x151.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1024x242.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0002.Boston-City-Hospitalb-768x182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charity of Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Caring for<\/h3>\n<h4>The Young, Old, Psychologically , or Psychiatrically Impaired<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0005.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0005.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"207\" class=\" wp-image-190\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Young, Old, Psychologically , or Psychiatrically Impaired<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>For All Sects Colors and Nationalities<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0019.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0019.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"158\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For All Sects Colors and Nationalities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>For the Homeless<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0022.Boston-City-Hospitalb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0022.Boston-City-Hospitalb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"161\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the Homeless<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Women and the Care of the Sick \u2013 Nursing<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0035.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0035.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women and the Care of the Sick \u2013 Nursing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Education<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0037.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0037.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Research<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0038.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0038.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"218\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Boston Pride<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0043.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/1864-dedication.0043.Boston-City-Hospitalb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"104\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston Pride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1873<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>established when the University assumed responsibility for the New England Female Medical College.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historic distinctions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>commitment to equal education for women and men<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>development of the nation\u2019s first academically affiliated Home Medical Service.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1905<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BostonCityHospital_ca1905_ReliefStation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BostonCityHospital_ca1905_ReliefStation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BostonCityHospital_ca1905_ReliefStation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Hospital consisted of\n<ul>\n<li>Hospital proper,<\/li>\n<li>South Department,<\/li>\n<li>Ambulance station, boiler and dynamo house, coal-pocket and wharf,<\/li>\n<li>Convalescent home<sup id=\"cite_ref-1906-history_3-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1910<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Endowed research<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research was established by a series of gifts by Mrs. Maria Antoinette Evans to endow a research department of medicine at the Hospital.<\/li>\n<li>stipulation that research,\n<ul>\n<li>clinical care, and teaching should be intimately interrelated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span><strong>one of the few research institutions of its kind when its activities began in 1912<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1923<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thorndike Memorial Laboratory was established with support provided by Dr. George L. Thorndike in memory of his brother, William, a long-time BCH staff member.<\/li>\n<li><span>The Thorndike became\u00a0<strong>one of the nation\u2019s most distinguished research facilities<\/strong><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>under the aegis of the BCH Harvard Medical Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases was established at BCH in honor of Dr. Maxwell Finland, a leading clinical investigator in infectious diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic and clinical responsibility for BCH passed to Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BUMCH and BCH were merged into the Boston Medical Center, a not-for-profit institution that fully retains the missions and commitments of its predecessor institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center was the first Dean\u2019s Committee VA hospital, i.e., the first specifically designated as a teaching hospital. It is a major training site for students and residents. In addition, its faculty conduct a varied research program, including active, basic, clinical, and health services research efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights BU First institution in the world to formally educate female physicians. The first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman BMC The first municipal hospital established in the United States. First Radiology Department in the United States Development of the nation\u2019s first academically affiliated Home Medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18282,"featured_media":0,"parent":101,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8544,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6669\/revisions\/8544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}