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Alan, I agree that many a Southern man attended medical schools up North, however as the War drew closer their attendance also fell. Homopathic schools up North never did draw a large Southern crowd as such schools generally believed in abolition and in fact one Homopathic school in Ohio graduated the first black woman doctor of the WBTS era. Having said this, it is generally known that Henry Wirz of Andersonville fame for a short time practiced under a Homopathic doctor in Kentucky. The medical school in Philly was perhaps one of the better of all medical schools in America prior to the War, so it does NOT surprise me to find many Southern men attending this school. It's interesting to note that General McClellan's father also graduated from the medical school in Philly and ironically was the first doctor in American History to be sued for mal-pratice. LOL Pre WBTS doctors generally attended medical school for two years and then took the position of a doctor in training and the doctor which he was training under was known as a preceptor. The medical schools were NOT too expensive however the average student did try and stay within a georgrapical area of his home. If someone lived near Atlanta as Flowers may have it might be wise to check with the medical school at Emory at Oxford. However going by memory I think their 1st graduating class at Emory was in the late 1850's.

I drive an 18 wheeler so it's tough for me to try and find anything until I get back to the Georgia Archives in Atlanta. I have an enormous amount of respect for you Alan that has built up over the years here on Jim's site. More times than NOT your advise and logic have proven to be true.

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