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JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE.

JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE.
sn>HE JEFFERSON Medical College was instituted in
Philadelphia. in isa5, and, during tie first
sion, was endowed by an act OF the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, with power to confer degrees in Me-
dcinc, and with all the privileges and pyerogatives
Of si'nilar institutions in our own country and in Eu-
ropo
Since its foundation near GOO students have attend
cd the respective of lectures; and of this
number lbs from various sections of the United
States, the Canadas, West lndics and Europe. have
been admitted TO the degree Of Doctor of Medicine.
Tho sixth session ofthe college will commence on
the first Monday Of November noxt, and. 1t is bo-
eved, under tho most favorable auspices every OBJ
stscc to it's future advancement having been removed
and such measures adopted by the board of trustees
as, will give new impulse to the cxcr,ons of the
faculty. Among these measures it IL thought proper
to specify particularly the appointment Of Professor
Drake, of Cincinnati to tho chair of the Practice Of
Medicine. His reputation as 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
instruction.
The additions which have been made 10 the ana.
toncal cabinet, with the facilities afforded for dis
section and demonstration, such will bear com
parson with those OF the Oldest medical schools OH
this side o. the Atlantic.
In all other respects, it is confidently believed, it is
not surpassed by any of it's sister institutions, with
all OF which, as far as Is known, it is placed on foot
being held equivalent to course the same bran
c!cs in every other.
The Aims House and Hospital of the city afford
ample opportunities to tho student of acquiring clint
cal instruction, and hours are appropriated TO this
purpose An inirmary for diseases of the eye is also
connected 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
The following is the organization of the Medical
.4natomy-By SAMUEL MCCLELLAN. NJ. d.
.tateria .lediea and Obs'eiries-By JOHN EB
ERIE, NJ. D.
CAenisi'y-By JACOB GREEN, MD
Theory and Praeticc Of .Ncdieine-By DANIEL
DRAKE, NJ ID.
smgery-By GEORGE MCCLELLAN, NJ D.
Institutes IF Medicine, Medical Juisprufence and
me Diseases q Women and ChHdren-By b.
RUSH RHEES. nj. d.
The fee for attendance on each course is Is dollu RS
or 90 dollars for all the courses. The graduation fee
is 5 dollars, and other charge is made either ON
matricuston, or subsequently,.
Tho whole expense Is therefore less than 200 dol
nrs for the two full courses required by law 10 cni,le
the Student TO graduation One of these, at least
must be attended in tins institutions and it turtle
required, thot the candidate shall have studied three
years INCLUSIVE of the terms of attendance on the
Lcctures) under the direction of respectable prac-
titoner of Medcine-that he shall be twenty-one
years of ase-and having presented Thesis on
some Medical subject, shall give satisfactory evidence
of his qualifications examination by the Facul-
ty, which takes place immediately after the close of
each session.
The Annual Commandments for comforting the
degrees, will not be delayed beyond the time requi-
site to complete the examination, that unnccessa-
y expense may be incurred by the Student for board
This may be procured in Philadelphia, at the rate oil
from two dollars and fifty cents to four dollars in very
respectable houses TO which the Jnnitor will furnish
references, without charge
Ten Students are by law admitted gratuitously
each session. 1.-THE of 30 dollars only being paid
by each to meet the expenses ofthe Ins;itu-
ton) Application for The benefit oftbis provision and
oil other communications to the Faculty, must be adj
dressed to Samuel Mcclellan, II. d. Dean of the
Faculty, at the Jefferson Medical College, 10TH near
Walnut street. Philadelphia.
BY order OF the Faculty,
SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, Dean.
Philadelphia, March, 1880.