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

~ ''' HrfS' Comm "s- AJg-iHls9 10 r. ANIME into
'h- eo'd"S" 9fths Richmond .u.diea! ShgoL
The committee appointed tor that purpose. h,v.
according TO order, examined into the medical 4.
pIrlment OF HampG-u Sydney co zoe Ioc,ts5 .,
the city Of Richmond anu having examined m. r..
uu9n OF I's pTolesofsI 10 them referred beg leave 10
make the following
REPORT:
About two years ago. DIS. Warner Cpre,
Johnson, Chamber ayne, Bohannan and NJ,
10y tncir own unaIded enterprise ana talents org,n
iZsd the Richmond medical school ns.n ,l,rbcrr,
ed branch Of Hamdsn Sydney college. Oono.cd
oy many oOs'ac'eS OF no ordinary character, they
have by dint OF great industry and Perseverance
yet quietly and unubtruGive.y, oyercnm. n,C., -,
them. About SKY young men from different p,r,.
OF our southern country, have attended Isc,r,o.
mere each winter since IT'S organizations number
not interior, IN the opinion OF your commirtss IN
that of any medical sclo1 durn,, is fr,,,yy, -,
that has probably ever been established In tho IL
ted - ates. Ih.rel a fun corps Of lecturer. and
every department OF the science, of medicine and
surgery receives the same attention ,S in on, -, "
established schools. For the study OF ANATOMY
forming as II does the very foundation Of the ,lI ,
science, pupils have opp"rtunIte, here as smr.. w.
Hny where else whatever as anp.e indeed -.
one could desire Subjects for dissection are io be-
had at all times with more facility and AT les ev
nfnsc ptob'Oiy, Than al any other school In tho
cited States. The professor OF anatemv who h.,
h'd TIE advantage not only Of our own Amor.
can schools, but also oT those of other c,,,p,, =
ever ready 10 impaft TO others the benefits of h..
own searches, and IS aided Dy an ,r-u,,,. , , 4
'th ent demonsraur Few place. prob,lty me-.
sent. upon IN: whole, advantages equal 10 no
Z" RehmoLdijf the prosecution OF the study Of annt
unv. ~ '''''
IT, immediate cor'guiiy TO tho Medical COLLEGE. j.,
tie mn mary, under the special charge and .upervi.
sion OF the prod ,sI.s. Your comnittee tax. ,r.,
s'rs m recommending this uhrmiry 10 the f,v,,,r,
be notice and attention of the citizens NJ Ri,b,J
am the surrounding country. II is spacious, we'll
ventilated, well utringtd, vol intended. and IN,
ne tness ahd sSs'rn, prCb'b exceeded by buf - a.
similar institutions my where IL 4. AN csr,Li,,b
mcnt which tth cls great credit upon the prof.s,or
an establishment o. which Richmond shpulJ lac
pi''u' anu VINO" 'hc nan of -C0nry means upor
wrOn The hand q bodily nj cilon presses hes;
=, should hail as gs come hsvlur, Fon, -, g.,
hundred p'usn have already enjoyed It's camtorf,
and ITS benefits. The students have bsre d,,f,, 90,
porunuts Of seeing al the bedside Of pItrrn,s Ibo,
principles c'Ued into practice which are 10 d down
. ny ,hcr instructors They the control which
medic NJ has upon disease witness the y,r,,u. ,,
important -urg'caI operations performed on the I,v
ing subject, and wi'rn. crIayal the light which
anin1'UnS after death mIy implrt. The ctv b,.
P.,' 1H'sn'nse ana penu'ntar orc nl.o under th,
cfe oi some ono or other e ne uru'essorg srd u,
iorh ih- students the opportunity Of uJservin, pr,c
. uco there. '''1
TIC anatomical musu.n belonging In the ,cIo,
is well worthy Of plssirg tribute Of praise. I
embraces 70 l1rgc number of most ipterrsiio, 10,
oil the human body, mud, considering the ,lo,, t,,,
Hn mas been N existence, reflects yery grs,t cred,
upon o. founders.
Hitherto Virginia, perhaps ns prolific Of o-ni
rants iHr he healing mt as almost 1pv o,b,, 81,
IN Ihe Union, has sent most Of them 10 the ,eb,,s
Ih.1l''pn'. Baltimore, New York. Cincinnati .n
Lex gi01, ky.-i0r, o. .houch the med cal d,p,,,
mon. "i 'he University Of Virginia has been nrd ,
wei sustained, sui % is no. upon scale tgir,,r,
" extensive To nifOri the student a. medical ,Jur,
u"n AS 'nnfough aud complete u.s. most p.fsops " d.
TOD acquire t.iofe entering upon the ardnous md i'm
G P"''"i HpNes Of practitioner lis iherslpfc usl
OF To- complete NJ Other and mJre s.rlrf.v medic,
) sity. '''' ''''.'
b within tho last twenty years, about two million
, hVo npndrcd thousand do lars have pfoIabiv brc
'Hpend ID beyond the limits Of our ow n state. ,o oI
l9inlns medical education. About two r,,.It,rs ,
s FHi'de phH alone. Here then We find reo.,,
j. were there even no others, why institution. al a..
own sn0udbc iO,tcrCd AMI cherished, bat tI.efc "a,
".ncr' more ws.ghty than those ola mere useypi,,
Do ,IlTc'er The variety ~ climate existing in al
10 NHcreut portions Of the United States ceosr,t,s
corresponding variety 90 the diseases Of d-Gsrrn, ~
Tons Of our country. a disease, even when REQ,
nZci ~ the same namo in The north aod south.
often found TO difsr in type, or IN some one or MOI
".lh Characteristic symptoms, owing 10 climate. br
DTS OF the people, ADD Other Causes So tt,t .,,
. omy OF human comfort and hc seems 10 qul,e IN
~ | physicians should be educated by those Gmi.
y with diseases as they exist IN Their own sseton.
country, end that they should ENJOY tho opportuu
ues Tor clinical or hospital practice as presented
the persons Of their own people.
!. From lts central situation, extent Of uonulotio
saiu5rty Of climate, easy TO the whole soutl
ern country, together with the character OF its pr
e'sors, your committee would most respectful