Henry R. Frost, M.D. 1795- 1866 Professor of Materia Medica Click image to enlarge Go to lecture card display South-Carolina Medical School.—The Medical Society of South-Carolina, having organized a School of Medicine, agreeably to the powers conferred at the last session of the Legislature, the following details are made for the information of the public. The Professors elected at South Carolina Medical School are:   John Edwards Holbrook, M. D. Anatomy. James Ramsay, M. D. Surgery. Samuel Henry Dickson, M. D. Institutes and Practice. Thomas G. Priolenu, M. D. Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women and Infants. Henry R. Frost, M. D. Materia Medica. Edmund Ravenel, M. D. Chemistry and Pharmacy. Stephen Elliott, LL. D. Natural History and Botany.     First Faculty of the Medical College of South Carolina.  The first faculty of the Medical College consisted predominantly of young men (only 2 were over the age of thirty). The following men formed the first faculty of the Medical College. Each has a unique story and all helped to create the Medical University of South Carolina: In 1824 the Medical College of South Carolina was established at Charleston. In this school there are seven professorships. The students have the privilege of attending the practice of the Marine Hospital. The professors are: Thomas Grimball Prioleau, M.D. 1786-1876 Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Infants   Edmund Ravenel, M.D. 1791- 1871 Professor of the Chemistry Samuel Henry Dickson, M.D. 1789- 1872 Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Physic Stephen Elliot, LL.D. 1771- 1830 Professor of Botany and Natural History   Henry Rutledge Frost, M.D. 1795- 1866 Professor of Materia Medica John E. Holbrook, M.D.  1794- 1871 Professor of Anatomy