- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John Westmoreland
- Date of Original:
- 1816/1887
- Subject:
- Physicians--Georgia--Atlanta
College administrators--Georgia--Atlanta
Medical college administrators--Georgia--Atlanta
Emory University
Atlanta Medical College--Faculty
Atlanta Medical College - People:
- Westmoreland, John Gray
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- portraits
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The first dean of Atlanta Medical College (later Emory School of Medicine), John Westmoreland pioneered research in yellow fever, cofounded the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, and helped found Atlanta's first medical society, the Brotherhood of Physicians, responsible for establishing a local medical code of ethics.
Image of a painting of John Westmoreland, the first dean of Atlanta Medical College (later Emory School of Medicine) in Atlanta, Georgia. He is depicted in a suit and tie. Westmoreland pioneered research in yellow fever, cofounded the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, and helped found Atlanta's first medical society, the Brotherhood of Physicians, responsible for establishing a local medical code of ethics. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/emory-university-school-of-medicine/m-2686/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/emory-university-school-medicine
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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