Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-05
MONTAERI HOSPITAL.

find .uedical, Classical and Scientific Institution
'HNliE subscriber having recently purchased of Mr..
Edward a. Lynch, his estates the Apo
mattox in the county of Chesterfield (Cobbs and
Noun AIRY eight miles below Petersburg, four a.
boVe Bermuda Hundred and City Point, and fifteen
from Richmond, respectful notifies the public That
ne Is IN the act OF preparing buildings for the accom-
mediation of persons labOrng under chronic Diseases
as scroiua epilepsy, &c. &c and will be ready, af
ter the 18th of January, to receive any additional
number of patients Every facility will be afforded
for administering water and vapor baths, galvanisnl
electricity, the gases &c.
7erms-In cases not acknowledged hopeless the
pay will be- no cure, no pay, except for board. In
conessedly hopeless cases, the pay will he expected
to be III proportion to the relief given
Board from one to four dollars per week. according
to the accommodation required. The average may be
stated at two dollars per week. Persons able and
willing to render equivalent for their board in la
Dor, will be allowed to do so.
In every case of pure dyspepsia, the subscriber
will engage to forfeit $50, il he fails effect cure
upon physiological principles, speedily and as effec-
tualiy can be done by any empirical remedy what
ever-upon condition however, that the patient ri
gIdly observes the rules prescribed.
Patients must be well supplied with cothing as due
warmth anu cIeanlneSSs necessary in every en-
rativC process.
Operations connected with midwifery and surgery,
Will be performed on the poor gratis.
Eight or ten medical students would be taken If
early application be made, at s. 100 per year PAYABLE
quarterly in advance, unless specific bargain be
made to the contrary. This includes expenses for
ooaF" Wnstg lodging lnstru cton In all the sciences
connected with the study of medicine, use of library
museum, &c Should any be disposed to prosecute
at the same time the study of the languages, math-
ennaics, or any of the sciences unconueced with me-
dIclne, facilities will be provided;-but. in such an
event theg will be subjected to additional charr7,
S25 per year.
The advantages of this Institution are FIRST, its location:
which proverbay healthy while the surrounding country is
remaTSaoy the reVerseSecondly its proximity large e.
uouhng towns which afford opportunity gaining early
intelligence OF improvements the medicine and Of
consulting occasionally with many of the distinguished me-
dcai gentlemen OF the presen, ase thirdly absence Of all
the usual lures OF vice. fourthy the facilities afford the
Saent OF frequently testing among the poor medical know
iedge ana lastly the multiplied opportunities that will be
nshed OF practical demonstrations in anatomy
Should gentlemen conclude their stu.
dies at this institution they would do we'll as ear
as practicable as the subscriber expects perform short
time the following important operations
An operation on the eye for Fterygum.
Ditto ditto, Fctronium
an ampua,on
An operation for the extpaon of diseased oyara-an ouu
GRAFTON which b' rarely falls the lot physician TO
perform.
application may be made the subscriber personally or
through the medium of the Post Office, Petersburg
HloniaerI, Dec, 25-lawtf JOS S. BAKER.