Harvey Medical College was a

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that offered training in various medical fields. Harvey Medical College was one of over 20

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s that opened in Chicago between 1890 and 1910, but unlike many of these it offered a real education and was not just a

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''Journal of the American Medical Association'' Vol. 27, No. 22, 28 November 1896
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