Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-12
JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE.

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'D>HE Jefferson Juedieal College was instituted in
L Philadelphia, in is25, and, during it's first SEES
sion, ~ss endowed by an act OF tho Legislature Of
rennsyivanis, with power to confer degrees in Mo-
dicine aud with oil the privileges and prerogstvcs
OF similar institutions, in country and in Eu-
rope. =
Snce ts foundation near 900 students have attend.
cd the respective Of lectures and of this
number, las from va-ions sections of the United
States, tho Canadas, West Indies, and Europe have
been admitted 70 the degree Of Doctor of Medicine
The sixth sesson Of the college will commence on
the hrst Monday Of November next, and, il 10 be-
ieved, under the most favorable auspices every OBJ
sacle TO its future Advancement wing been removed
and such measures adopted by the board trustees
as will give new impulse to the excrtions Of the
faculty Among these measures, it is thought proper
to specify particularly, the appointment OF Professor
Brake. OF CINCINNATI the chair of the Practice of
Medicine. His reputation q lecturer is acknow-
edged. while his practical acquaintance with tho dis
casas most prevalen, 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 tho value of his
The additions which havo been mndc to tho ana
tonca cabinet, with the facilities afforded for dis
section and demonstration, such as will bear com
Panson with those OF the Oldest medical schools OIL
this side o. the Atlantic.
In oil other respects, it is confidently believed it is
not surpassed by any Of it's sister institutions with
az oil which, as far as is Known il is placed on foot
ing of perfect equsty--a course cfccturcs in one
being held equivalent to q course on the same bran
cEes, In every other.
The Aims House and Hospital of the city afford
ample opportunities to the student of acquiring cni-
cal instruction. aud hours are appropriated 10 this
purpose An infirmary for diseases of the eye is asn
with the college, under the direction of the
Professor of Surgery, who will operate in the pre-
sence OF the class, where this is practicable
Inc following ID the organization Of the Medical
Faculty, viz:
.anaiory-By SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, NJ. D.
.naterin -4ediea and odstetrics-By JOHN ED
Chemistry by JACOB GREEN, NJ. d.
Theory and Practice Of Jusdieinc-By DANIEL
surstry-9y GEORGE MCCLELLAN, NJ. D.
fnstftutes g .dedicine, yuedicGl Jurisprudence ana
the Diseases Of Won,en and Chiidren-By b
| RUSH REEES. Al. d.
The fee fer attendance each course is dolia rs
or 90 dollars for all the courses. Pho graduation fee
rs Is dollars and no other charge ia made either or
matriculation, subsequently.
The whole expense Is therefore less than 200 dol
for the two full courses, required by law to en,ile
the Student to graduation. One of these at least
must DO attended in this institution; and il is rhe
required, that the candidate shall have studied three
years Inclusive of the terms Of attendance on the
Lecturesl under the direction of respectable prac
iiiioner Of Medcine-that he shall be tscnty-one
years of age-and having presented q Thesis or
some Medical subject shall give satisfactory evidence
oil his qualifications on an exam naton by the Facul-
ty' which takes place immediately acr the close of
each session.
The Annual commandments for conferripp the
degrees, will not DC delayed beyond the time regu
site to complete The examination that no unnecessa
expense may be incurred by the Student for board
ms may be procured IN Philadelphia, at the rate O.
dollars and fifty cents to four dollars in very
IresPcctablc houses to which Janitor will furnish
references, without cherae.
len Students are by law admitted gratuitously
each session, the sum of 20 dollars only being paid
by eseh to meet the current expenses the Instltu-
ton Application fy ,h hane fthis ur DIVISION and
le other communications to tbs Faculty must be al
dressed to Snm,ei Mcclellan, n D Dean of tbo
fncplty' at the jefferson Medical College, 10th, neal
Walnut street. Philadelphia:
1 BY order Of the Faculty,
4 SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, Dean.
\ Philadelphia, March, 1885,