Tamil Nadu Timeline

Ida Scudder

3 events, 1900 to 1942.

  1. 1900

    1. 1900VelloreHealth

      Ida Scudder opens a dispensary in Vellore

      Ida Scudder, an American medical missionary, started a dispensary with one bed in Vellore, from which the Christian Medical College grew.

  2. 1918

    1. 1918VelloreHealth

      Union Mission Medical School for Women opens at Vellore

      Ida Scudder began training women doctors at Vellore with the Union Mission Medical School for Women, opened in 1918.

  3. 1942

    1. 1942VelloreHealth

      Christian Medical College Vellore begins MBBS course

      Ida Scudder's medical school at Vellore became a university-affiliated medical college and began offering the MBBS degree.