Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-07
JEFFERSON MEDICAL; CoLLEGEs

NHE J.b'erson .nedi,cai College was instituted il
4 Philadelphia, IN 1925, and, during it's frs, ses
s,on' was endowed by an act OF tho Legislature o
Iennsyvania, WIN power to confer degrees in Mo
dcine and with all the privileges and prerogatvcs
OF simor institutions, in own country and in Eu
rope.
Since its foundation near GOO students have attend
cd the respective courses of lectures; and of thi.
number. las from various sections of the United
States, the CaDadas, West Indies, and Europe have
been admitted to the degree of Doctor of Medicine
The sixth session of the college will commence on
the first Monday of November next, and, it is be.
lieved, under the most favorable auspices; every OBJ
socle to its future advancement having been removed
and such measures adopted by the board of trustees
as will give new impulse TO the excrtons of the
faculty. Among these measures. il ID thought proper
10 specify particularly, the appointment Professor
Duke, of Cincinnati, to tho chair of the Practice oil
Medcine. His reputation as n lecturer is acknow.
lodged, while his practical acquaintance with the dis
eases most prevalent in the southern and western
sections OF our country, in which majority of the
graduates IN medicine may be expected to locate
themselves, must greatly enhance the value of his
instruction.
The additions which have been made to the ana
tomicnl cabinet, with the facilities afforded for dis.
section and demonstrations are such as will bear com
parson with those OF the oldest medical schools on
this side o. the Atlantic
In all other respects il is confidently believed il is
not surpassed by any of its sister institutions with
all of which, far is known, il is placed on foot
being held equivalent 20 course on the same bran
ches, III every other.
The Aims House and Hospital of the city afford
ample opportunities TO the student of acquiring clint
cal instruction, and hours appropriated TO this
purpose An intEmary for diseases of the eve is also
connected with the college, under the direction of the
Professor of Surgery, who will operate in the pre-
sence or the class. where this is practicable
The following is the organization Of the Medical
.4naiomy-By SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, NJ. d.
.Vateria .uedica and Obacirics-By JOHN EB
ERIE, NJ. d.
Theory and Practice Of .uedicinc-By DANIEL
DRAKE, NJ ID.
Surgery--By GEORGE MCCLELLAN, NJ. D.
Institutes Of Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence and
me Dtseascs Of Women and Chdd'en-Dy b.
RUSH RHEES NJ. d.
The fee for attendance on each course is 10 dollars
or 90 dollars for all the courses The graduation fee
is Is dollars, aud other charge is made either on
matriculatcn, subsequently.
The whole expense is therefore less than 200 dol
lars ioT the two full courses required by law enle
the Student to graduation One of these, at least
must be attended in this institutions and il is furthe:
required thut the candidate Shall have studied three
years Inclusive Of the forms OF attendance on the
Lccturcs) under the direction of respectable prac-
titiouer of Medcine-that he shall be twenty-one
years of age-aDd having presented Thesis ON
some Medical subject sha give satisfac yidence
OF ms qualifications on an examination by the Facul.
w. which taxes place immediately after the close of
each session.
The Annual Comnencements for comforting the
degrees, will not be delayed beyond the time requi-
ste 10 complete the examination, that unnccessa-
y expense may be incurred by the Student for board
This may be procured in Philadelphia at the rate OF
from two dollars and fifty to four dollars in very
respectable houses. to which the Jauitor will furnish
references, without charge.
l. Zen Students are by law admitted gratuitousy,
each session. thc sum OF 20 dollars only being paid
by each to meet the expenses of the Instu.
tom Application for the benefit ofthis provision and
all other communications to the Faculty. must be ad-
dressed to Samuel Mcclellan, II. ID. ID can of the
Faculty, at the Jefferson Medical College, 10th, near
Walnut street Philadelphia.
BY order of the Faculty
SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, Dean
PHILADELPHIA, March, 1880.