Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools:
An Historical Perspective

The Five Part History

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

Part II: E.S. Cooper in San Francisco

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

Chapter 15: Founding Medical Department of University of the Pacific 1858
Chapter 16: 1st and 2nd Annual Sessions Medical Dept, University of the Pacific 1859 - 1860
Chapter 17: Third and Fourth Annual Sessions Medical Department, University of the Pacific and Demise of Medical Societies
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 and National Efforts to Reform Medical Education
Chapter 23: Educational Reform at Medical College of the Pacific 1872-1882

Part IV: Cooper Medical college 1883-1912

Part V: The Stanford Era 1909-

Appendices