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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

91-31 Daniel Drake, M.D.

Side A: Daniel Drake, M.D.. Daniel Drake (1785-1852) was an influential figure in 19th century American medicine, gaining fame as physician, scientist, author, educator, and ardent champion for the City of Cincinnati. In 1819, Drake was the founding president of the Medical College of Ohio, which eventually became the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, and a founder of Cincinnati College. Among Drake’s contributions, he argued for raising standards of medical education by having students study at patient bedsides and work in hospitals. A history of medicine from 1921 hailed Drake’s Practical Essays on Medical Education in the United States (1832) as one of “the most important contributions ever made to the subject in this country.”
Side B: none
Sponsors: University of Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission; Ohio History Connection
Address: CARE/Crawley Building, 3230 Eden Avenue, 
Cincinnati, 
OH, 
45267
Location: At the top of the front steps at the entrance to the building
Latitude: 39.1385560
Longitude: -84.5046720