James Derham, also known as James Durham, was the first African American to formally practice medicine in the United States though he never received a M.D. degree.
Derham was born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was owned by several doctors, and one of his owners, a physician
named Dr. Bob Love, encouraged him to go into medicine.
By working as a
nurse, he purchased his freedom by 1790. He opened a medical practice,
and by the age of 20 his annual earnings exceeded $3,000.
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