The Five Part History

Part I: Background History & E.S. Cooper's Midwestern Years

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Elias Samuel Cooper and the American Frontier
  • Chapter 3: Quaker Heritage of Elias Samuel Cooper
  • Chapter 4: Elias Cooper & Medical Schools West of the Alleghenies
  • Chapter 5: Elias Samuel Cooper and 19th Century Medicine
  • Chapter 6: The Zealous Anatomist of Peoria
  • Chapter 7: A Long Farewell to Peoria

    Part II: E.S. Cooper in San Francisco

  • Chapter 8: San Francisco: The Master Plan
  • Chapter 9: Early Local Medical Societies in California
  • Chapter 10: Founding of Medical Society of the State of California
  • Chapter 11: The Vigilance Committee of 1856 Medical Aspects
  • Chapter 12: 2nd Annual Session of the State Medical Society & Notable Surgical Cases
  • Chapter 13: Conspiracy and Betrayal & a New Medical Journal
  • Chapter 14: The Malpractice Trial

    Part III: Founding of First Medical School and Successions 1858-

  • Chapter 15: Founding Medical Department of University of the Pacific 1858
  • Chapter 16: First and Second Annual Sessions Medical Department, University of the Pacific 1859 - 1860
  • Chapter 17: 3rd - 6th Annual Sessions Medical Dept., U. of the Pacific
  • Chapter 18: Professor Elias S. Cooper, University Surgeon
  • Chapter 19: The Last Days of Elias Samuel Cooper
  • Chapter 20: Suspension of Medical Department University of the Pacific and Founding of Toland Medical College 1864
  • Chapter 21: Revival of Medical Department University of the Pacific 1870
  • Chapter 22: Medical College of the Pacific Established in 1872
  • Chapter 23: Educational Reform at Medical College of the Pacific 1872-1882

    Part IV: Cooper Medical college 1883-1912

  • Chapter 24: Founding of Cooper Medical College 1882
  • Chapter 25: Perfidy and Progress 1885-1895
  • Chapter 26: Lane Hospital 1895
  • Chapter 27: Evaluation of Cooper Medical College
  • Chapter 28: Fateful Year 1902
  • Chapter 29: The Ellinwood Affair
  • Chapter 30: Consolidation with Stanford University

    Part V: The Stanford Era 1909-

  • Chapter 31: Transition to University Department 1908-1912
  • Chapter 32: Trustees Defend the Medical Department
  • Chapter 33: The Clinical Full-Time System
  • Chapter 34: Dean Wilbur's Administration
  • Chapter 35: Dean Ophüls'Administration
  • Chapter 36: Dean Loren R. Chandler's Administration
  • Chapter 37: The New Stanford Medical Center Planning and Building
  • Chapter 38: Consolidation of Stanford University Medical Center

    Part VI:

  • Epilog

    Appendices

  • Appendix 1 - Chronology of SUMC
  • Appendix 2 - Chronology of the Deans of SUSM and the Predecessor Schools
  • Appendix 3 - Presidents of Stanford University
  • Appendix 4a - Bibliography of Elias Samuel Cooper, M. D. (1820-1862)
  • Appendix 4b - Bibliography of Elias Samuel Cooper Editorials and Other Commentary in San Francisco Medical Press

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