Name: Abner Thorp
Death date: May 30, 1914
Place of death: Cincinnati, OH
Birth date: 1840
Type of practice: Eclectic
States and years of licenses:OH, 1896
Places and dates of practices:Cincinnati, OH, 1861
Medical school(s): Eclectic Medical College: Eclectic
Medical Institute, Cincinnati, 1861, (G); National Medical College of Columbian
University, 1863 (G)
Asst Surg USN 1863-65 |
Dr. Abner Thorp, USN
|
Report of Acting Assistant
Surgeon Thorp US Navy regarding casualties en the USS Moose
USS MOOSE Buffington Island July
19 1861 SIR I have the honor to report the following casualties
during the engagement with General Morgan's forces of to day John
Napenberger seaman of this vessel slightly through the arm from a
buckshot A deckhand on board the steamer Alleghany Belle flesh wound
through the glutaeus muscles of right hip from a Minie ball
Very respectfully your obedient
servant
ABNER THORP Acting Assistant
Surgeon US Navy
In the biography of his Naval medical application,Thorp states he
was a medical cadet in the regular Army for almost two years and he
is documented as having graduated from the National Medical College
in 1863.
Abner Thorp was in May 15 1863 at
the Ohio
Naval Hospital Memphis Tenn.
THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE is
the parent school and leading exponent of the American eclectic
system of medicine It is the direct successor of the Reformed
Medical School of Cincinnati 1842 45 The latter was the successor of
the medical department of Worthington College at Worthington O and
denominated Reformed Medical College of Ohio but better known as the
Worthington Medical College The medical department at Worthington
was the Western branch of the Reformed Medical College of the City
of New York the latter being the first reformed medical school in
America and the outgrowth of a reform medical movement inaugurated
in 1825 by Dr Wooster Beach The Eclectic Medical Institute was
founded by Dr Thomas V Morrow who had previously conducted the
school at Worthington He was ably assisted by Drs Alexander H
Baldridge Benjamin L Hill and Lorenzo E Jones These gentlemen
together with Drs Hiram Cox and James H Oliver comprised the first
faculty The college is located at 1009 Plum Street For many years it
fronted at 228 W Court Street It was chartered by a special act of
the Ohio Legislature March 10 1845 Col James Kilbourne being
especially active in securing its incorporation The old institute
building was twice visited by fire and partially destroyed The
present building was erected in 1851 and dedicated with impressive
ceremonies The rise and progress of the school was rapid it having
graduated in its first ten years 593 physicians The Eclectic Medical
Institute was the first medical college to open its doors to women
Prior to 1877 36 women graduated Owing to the fact that it is the
leading eclectic medical college in the world students come from
every State in the Union f rom Canada Europe and the West Indies The
Exposition Univer selleof 1889 Paris awarded to the institute for
best col lection of catalogues orders of Eclectic Medical Institute
lectures text books Court and Plum Chartered in 1845 prepared by
members of the faculty medical journals etc a silver medal and
diploma The collection was then deposited in the great Bibliotheque
Medicale To date 1902 the institute has graduated 3,743 physicians
No honorary degrees are granted In connection with the school is the
Seton Hospital and the Lloyd Library.
Catalogue of the Matriculants and
Graduates of the Eclectic Medical of Cincinnati Ohio for the Winter
Session of 61 and the Spring Session of 1861 (Edited list)
Matriculants of the
W inter Session of 1860 61:
Abner Thorp Ohio
John B Tucker Tenn Webster W Teague Ind John G Vanschoiack Ind
Alonzo E Van Voorhis NY Ira Winegar Mich Henry K Whitford Ills
Randolph Wheelan Ohio George H Walling RI Fielding H Youst Va
Graduates
Spring Session 1861:
Eli E Barnett Ky Milton W
Nesmith Miss Edward C Huse Wis Heury Tesmer Ills David M King Mo
Abner Thorp Ohio
Heury R King Ohio John G Vanschoiack Ind
Alumni of the National Medical College of
Columbian University, 1826-1866
Thorpe, Abner - 1863
- B. 1840, Ohio. Asst Surgeon USN 1863-65
