Diploma mill: the rise and fall of Dr. John Buchanan and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania

The absence of medical licensing laws in most states in the years following the American Civil War made it possible for unscrupulous individuals to exploit the weak oversight and unregulated state issuance of school charters. 'Diploma Mill' traces the rise and spectacular fall of Dr John Buchanan and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania (EMC) over the course of its three decades' existence.