James mccune smith death

American physician (1813–1870)

James McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author.

He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, where a building has been dedicated to him.^[1] After his return to the United States, he also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation.

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In addition to practicing as a physician for nearly 20 years at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Manhattan, Smith was a public intellectual: he contributed articles to medical journals, participated in learned societies, and wrote numerous essays and articles drawing from his medical and statistical training.

He used his training in medicine and statistics to refute common misconceptions about race, intelligence, medicine, and society in general. He was invited as a founding member of the New York Statistics Societ