Medical Society of New Jersey facts for kids

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The Medical Society of New Jersey is a very old group for doctors. It started on July 23, 1766. It's actually the oldest group of its kind for professionals in the whole United States!

How It All Began

This important group started in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was July 23, 1766. Seventeen doctors came together for a meeting. They had seen an advertisement in a newspaper called the New York Mercury. This ad was printed on June 27, 1766.

The advertisement asked doctors and surgeons in New Jersey to meet. They wanted to create a society. This society would help improve their medical work. It would also help the public. The meeting was held at Mr. Duff's place in New Brunswick. Here, they planned to set up the rules for their new society.

The first person chosen to lead the society was Reverend Robert McKean. He was a pastor and a doctor. He came from Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Reverend McKean led the society from 1766 until he passed away in 1767.

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