n D. Mussey, a name thoroughly identified with the
success of the school, and with medical progress in New Hampshire, was
created a Doctor of Medicine.

"In 1814, Dr. Smith having been absent for a year, it was voted that
the salary and emoluments pertaining to the chair of Medicine, be paid
to Dr. Perkins, and at an adjourned meeting the resignation of Dr.
Smith was received and accepted. The Board then proceeded to elect Dr.
Mussey professor of Theory and Practice and Materia Medica. In 1816,
Dr. Perkins was excused from lecturing on Surgery, and Obstetrics was
added to his chair, instead, while Dr. Mussey assumed the department
of Chemistry, in addition to his other labors. In the meanwhile Dr.
Smith was re-elected professor of Surgery, but declining to accept, Dr.
Massey added a course of lectures on this branch to his already
laborious duties. The following year he was somewhat relieved by the
choice of Dr. James F. Dana, as lecturer on Chemistry, which office he
continued to hold until 1820, when he was elected to a full
professorship. In August, 1819, Dr. Perkins resigned his chair.

"By vote of the Board of Trustees, in 1820, they accepted the
proffered fraternization of the New Hampshire Medical Society, by
sending delegates to attend the annual examinations. The statutes were
also altered very materially. By these amendments the Medical Faculty
were allowed the sole control of the discipline, etc., of their
department. Students coming to attend lectures were not required to
give evidence of the possession of a good moral character, as under
the old laws. The invidious have alleged that this latter amendment
enabled a larger number to avail themselves of the advantages of a
medical education than might otherwise do so. The requirements for
graduation were at the same time lessened, being now limited to a
knowledge of Latin and Natural and Experimental Philosophy, while the
examinations were to be private, instead of public, as heretofore.

"It was determined that the Medical Faculty should henceforth consist
of:

"1. The president of the College.

"2. A professor of Surgery, Obstetrics, and Medical Jurisprudence.

"3. A professor of Theory and Practice and Materia Medica.

"4. A professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy.

"5. A professor of Anatomy and Physiology.

"Dr. Mussey was elected to the first of the professorial chairs; Dr.
Daniel Oliver, of Salem, Mass., to the second; Dr. James F. Dana, to
the