Eclectic Medical College Of Pennsylvania
Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, later American University of Philadelphia, was a medical college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 19th century that followed the eclectic model of medicine. It absorbed Philadelphia College of Medicine and Surgery. Alumni included Anthony Stanford Anthony L. Stanford (1830–1883) was a state senator in Arkansas from 1877 until 1880. He was born in New Jersey. He was a Republican in 1877 and a Greenback Party, Greenback in 1879. He was an ordained member of the African Methodist Episcopal ( ... who became a state senator in Arkansas. References Defunct universities and colleges in Pennsylvania Medical schools in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-university-stub ...
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Eclectic Medicine
Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. The term was coined by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1784–1841), a botanist and Transylvania University professor who had studied Native American use of medicinal plants, wrote and lectured extensively on herbal medicine, and advised patients and sold remedies by mail. Rafinesque used the word ''eclectic'' to refer to those physicians who employed whatever was found to be beneficial to their patients (eclectic being derived from the Greek word ''eklego'', meaning "to choose from"). History Eclectic medicine appeared as an extension of early American herbal medicine traditions such as " Thomsonian medicine" in the early 19th century, and included Native American medicine. Standard medical practices at the time made extensive use of purges with calomel and ...
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Anthony Stanford
Anthony L. Stanford (1830–1883) was a state senator in Arkansas from 1877 until 1880. He was born in New Jersey. He was a Republican in 1877 and a Greenback Party, Greenback in 1879. He was an ordained member of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He had a medical degree from Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia. He was involved in the emigration program returning African Americans to Africa. He represented Phillips County, Arkansas and his post office was in Helena, Arkansas in 1877. References

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Defunct Universities And Colleges In Pennsylvania
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...