Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-12


we beg leave to call the attention OF readers
to the articles below, laudatory Of our Medical Col
ego and College lnhrmary. The report Of the lie
gislative Commiltee-manyc the members Of which
ATE Physicians and ucquoin,ed personally with
the ProfeSsors-is n psper which should carry con
r'enon to the mnds OF all engaged in the study OF
medicine n, least, in our own State that at no other
Institution are the various means Of acquiring
thorough knowledse Of the AIT OF curing Disease
greater than can be found here, tho Metropolis OF
our own beloved Virginia
Many Diseases, Of every day occurrence in the
South, aud in fact constitute a large portion Of
tue cases that Southern Physician called to est
arc peculiar to Southern climate, and are prncti.
eal'y unknown to many Of the Teachers Of Medi.
emo IN Northern Schools, aud, OF course, mover
seen by the student in attendance on them, while
student. Here, on the contrary, the modes OF
treatment are taught by those who have learned
them by long experience and close personal obser-
'N''on and who are amply qualified to detect and
expose the errors and cruduies Of those who have
written very learned'y about what they never saw
and would not know it they had ,en. The stu.
Dent here has the advantage also OF seeing tested the
Hot'''nes OF hrs teacher, and OF becoming himself
'equa'n'e", 10y closely observing what he Sees with
cy when his collegiate course is over Ii needs mo
argument, we should imagine, to show the incalcu.
Liable advantage 70 young Doctor making his fss,
'niree into practice be sble 10 detect promptly
me Character Of the case lie is called TO see-ard
- 10 'haI with any certainty, he mus, have had
some experience when student, OF the disease IN
question. Macy young Physician has bad his
professional fate settled FOR life, either for good ar
Tor eva, ny his fest patient; n wrong ,u4cmen,
ana incorrect practice, IN the outset OF his career
often as fatal 10 hImsefas his Unfortunate a,ept
lhis view aorc, uNppears To u.s. should induce any
young man, who intends TO practice Physic IA Vr.
gina, to study II IA Vagina Bat there are many
Others that mislt be adduc,d, II our space would
permit; we cat only spare room however, to name
merely lew OF them. The expense is less here
ihan any where North Of US short If New En,l,nJ
Inc seventy OF Northern " inter Is serious obiec.
ZION To Soulhe-ncr. Here, students have oil the
advantages o' rthned society, by which their man.
nerS ate polished and rendered agrec.ble-,r. i,
no profession axe manners of more value than IN
'na' 81 medicine at The North, on the contrary.
'' We nave 81 en- heard from some Of our mcdica,
'"sndS' .hcd'c' Students are rarely admitted Into Z
s'ce'y' fa''iod'm prompts the wish, IN the bosom
OF every EUs'n'n, that the vass,lase under which ,
We nave t1NofCL so lOrS SEOu be brokel and thai
We should be really free aud independen, Of IN,
North ~ all things, and yet thousands, ave mil !
.'ons OF the hard earnings OF Vrsm,, have been ,
poured into the lap Of the North, tor medical in.
s'rucuon We have now a schoo. az home with all c
The advantages that an able and experienced racul
iy-'he most ample opportunities Of Witnessing d
Southern diseases, unrivaled facilities for aretop, =
al studies, senia climate, and moderate expengi q
1Fe-can give. y tu.. class /, anticga;ed-Iettf The =
anticipation he more than verified. Formerly no 5
nan was thought fit 10 practice Physc unless he
'ad been to EuroPe-the same opinion is s, enter. K
aimed of Philadelphia, by some who are governed ~
more by prejudice than Away with al such ST
a.se and degrading odmissions-sustain our own tt
nsti,1ions as they should toe sustained, and thew "
sal soon become objects OF Just pride 10 every 81
rue hearted Sou,hron. n
Aswi be seen, toy reference to the advertisements
thus day. paper the fees have been reduced IN con-
'm 70 those Of O;her institutions, to SIS for each Il
ieke'-and that atu; one Of The Professors lecture
ally The terms too, for admission into the Enirm,
y have been reduced By the way. this establish %,
'en' richly deserves the public support, and Is one
hat does honor 10 our city and We cordially sub. b
rr'hs to the iustness of the character drawn of II o.
y the very In,e,ig,n, gentlemen whose names will h.
&c found below.