Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. Department of Surgery
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Description area
Dates of existence
1887-current
History
In August of 1887, the Chair of Clinical Surgery, Chair of Practical Surgery and Chair of Principles of Surgery and Surgical Pathology were established when the Toronto School of Medicine became the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto. All of these chairs were cited collectively at the Department of Surgery beginning in 1881.