The Early Years: French Colonialism In 1699, France established its first permanent colony in the Gulf Coast. Based first in Mobile, the colony sought to exploit the area around the Mississippi River for trade and natural resources. In 1718, Bien

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The Founding of Tulane University School of Medicine In 1834, the Medical College of Louisiana was founded by three American physicians new to the city: Dr. Thomas Hunt, of South Carolina, Dr. Warren Stone, of Vermont, and Dr. John Harrison, of W

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The Huey P. Long Years and Louisiana Politics These years also set the stage for the creation of the LSU School of Medicine. In 1920 Dean Isadore Dyer died, and Charles Bass was appointed dean in 1922. Frequently Bass did not see eye to eye with

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“Whenever I discovered something which was noteworthy,

I have felt it my duty to put down what I had discovered,

in order that it would become known to the educated world.”

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Letter of June 12, 1716

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“Sharing knowledge is the the greatest of all callings.

There is nothing like it in the land".”

The Instruction of Dua-Khety

… to his son, as he entered scribe school c. 2000 BC, Egypt - Middle Kingdom

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