Excerpt from First Decennial Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty, Officers, and of the Alumni of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of the City of New York, From 1861 to 1871 Such members of the hospital staff as were so disposed con tinned to give clinical instruction during the winter for the next three or four years; but the Wu we have of a distinct school of medicine is' found in the minutes of the Medical Board, under the date Of December The old Board Of Ten Governors, which had for a time administered the charities Of New York, had given place to the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, which still controls the charitable and penal institutions of the city. In accordance with a request of the Commissioners, a committee from the Medical Board'of Bellevue Hospital had been appointed to examine and report upon the vari ous institutions situated upon the islands, and under the control of the Commission. This committee consisted of dr.'isaac E. Taylor, chairman, and Dr. James R. Wood. Their report, presented at the date above given, contained the following paragraph. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.