Ann Arbor College course in medicine, offered free

The State of Michigan has the honor of being the first State in the Union, if not in the world, which offers to the student from all portions of America, a complete collegiate course of medical instruction, free of charge. The college is in Ann Arbor, where seven professors are on duty, and the course of study is said to be comprehensive and thorough.

(Liberator, Sep 29, 1854, pg 3)