HEALTH CARE IN VERMONT DATABASE AND TIMELINE
YEAR GOV
1763
TREATY OF PARIS ENDED FRENCH & INDIAN WAR; MANY MOVE TO SETTLE IN THE "GRANTS"
1791
VERMONT ADMITTED AS 14TH STATE; POPULATION JUST UNDER 100,000
1797
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL COLLEGE ESTABLISHED
1800
RURAL ISOLATION, HARSH WINTERS CITED AS CONTRIBUTING TO POOR HEALTH IN VERMONT
1800
FEVER, "AGUE", TUBERCULOSIS, INFECTIOUS DISEASE RAMPANT IN VERMONT
1804
MEDICAL INSTRUCTION BEGAN IN BURLINGTON (PREDECESSOR TO UVM)
1810
VERMONT POPULATION EXCEEDED 200,000 (100,000 ADDED IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS)
1811
"FATHER OF CLINICAL RESEARCH" DOCTOR WILLIAM BEAUMONT TRAINED IN ST ALBANS
1813
VERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED
1813
SMALLPOX KILLED MANY US ARMY DEFENDERS AT BURLINGTON BAY GUN BATTERY
1815
VERMONT REFORM SCHOOL OPENED IN WATERBURY
1816
BRAINTREE VERMONT'S LEVI PARMLY IS FIRST OF AMERICA'S "ROYAL FAMILY OF DENTISTRY"
1818
CASTLETON MEDICAL ACADEMY OPENED, WILL BE MOST PROLIFIC IN NEW ENGLAND
1822
UVM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED
1834
BRATTLEBORO RETREAT ESTABLISHED
1836
ONLY VERMONTER AT THE ALAMO, MILES DEFOREST ANDROSS, DIED IN THE SIEGE
1850
VERMONT POPULATION EXCEEDED 300,000 (100,000 ADDED IN 40 YEARS)
1861
CASTLETON MEDICAL ACADEMY CLOSED AFTER GRADUATING 1,421 PHYSICIANS
1876
VERMONT ESTABLISHED BOARD OF MEDICAL PRACTICE (1st HEALTH CARE REGULATORY BODY)
1877
VERMONT DENTAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED
1879
MARY FLETCHER HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED
1882
VERMONT ESTABLISHED BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
1882
MARY FLETCHER HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES ESTABLISHED
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1884
VERMONT VETERAN'S HOME OPENED IN BENNINGTON
1886
VERMONT STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ESTABLISHED
1888
VERMONT STATE HOSPITAL OPENED
1893
MARY HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED
1894
FANNY ALLEN HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED
1895
ADA MAYO STEWART, USA'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NURSE HIRED BY VERMONT MARBLE CO
1896
VERMONT ESTABLISHED BOARD OF OSTEOPATHY
1896
RUTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ESTABLISHED
1897
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