Abstract
The first doctor to receive a bachelor of medicine degree was John Archer, who graduated with nine others on June 21, 1768, from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His name was first alphabetically and he was therefore known as the first graduate. Four of these ten graduates returned to the university three years later (1771) and received the degree of doctor of medicine. Three years had to elapse before this MD degree could be obtained. At King's College, New York City (now Columbia University), the first MD degree was awarded in 1770. This school required only one year to elapse before a student could return to get his MD degree. At both schools, the applicant for the higher degree was required to write a thesis in Latin or an inaugural dissertation and defend it satisfactorily before the Faculty in order to obtain the degree.
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