Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-14

sense. Still We prefer the Old methods. AND holv
hat all liersry tsrmsgas,s should be qaslled either
privately, villa husband, or publicly, wth the
duekins stool. Ms;riunony or the herse.Pond is the
thing for all female senbslers.
THE RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE.
We would call the attention Of cur readS', TO an
article extracted from the Enquirer, on the subject
Of Medical Education as connected with our Col
lese.
This excellent Institution will commence lis mex
| Session on the last Monday in this month. We but
express the opinion of all who have had an opPor
tuniiy Of knowing its merits. when we say that no
College in country is better entitled to the conf
denee OF those in pursuit OF Medical knowledge
than the one of which we are writing.
The Southern student may here perfect himself
in the theory and practice OF his future profession
by attending the Lectures OF those who have passed
their lives in treating disease as il EXISTS in our
climate, and in Witnessing the preecp;s OF the Lee
ture rooms tested. in the we'll filed wards Of the
College Infrmary and other Hospitals under the
charge OF the various Professors.
Il does appear to rs that selfnerest no less than
the holy Patriotism that should pervade the bosom
OF every real Virginan, would draw to this city
every medical s;uden, in the State. The prospects
for full class are, understand, much more fat
terng than at any previous time.
RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE.
The fifth annual session OF this institution will
commence, according TO the advertisement, on the
5ist OF October and with bright prospects Of great
y increased success. IL acquired last winter po-
pularty, which guarantees vel grounded expec,
taop, that the size OF the class next winter will not
only be increased in nnnibets, but 10 such degree,
NLa- ale af kfak
aniiby for the last four years. predicted It's speedy
downfall. No Institution, it Is true. ever had more
difficulties and prcjudices to contend with than this
yet, they have been most mantully met and over
come 10y the unsurpassed energy and industry OF
tho Faeu'ty-and, now, the Richmond Medical
School stands proudly beside the Oldest and most
res2ccio bic inst,ut of the land.
The members of the Faculty are most favorably
known teachers in the several departments which
have been assigned them-indeed, complete success
with such distinguished talent IN the several chairs
was naturally anticipated. Independent OF the &c
neral reputation OF the other professors, Drs. War
ner ard Johnson, o. is probably known to mos;
Southern students Of medicine, wet,, for several
years. connected with the Medical Department OF
Ihe University Of Virginia, where they established
reputation which they have not only sustained,
but increased in their respective departments in the
Richmond Medicsl College.
The writer OF This notice has seen several youn,
physicians who have attended medical instructions
4, the North. aud in Richmond. and invariably they
have expressed q decided preference for the latter
place, especially in the departments OF chemistry,
anatomy, and the practice OF medicine. But If we
granted that orr Medical Institution was IN way
superior 10 its Northern rivals does not patriotism
and State pride invoke Vrsnians TO sustain it,
whilst contendns against those obstacles. which are
opposed 10 4 comparatively new undertaking
When will the South awake from its present seem
thc leiharsy, and vindcaie its Justly high claims.
people VI superior iniellis enee and attAnmentsl
II this crisis is ever 10 conie 1t has now arrived
vhsn the South must throw oil all dependence IN
on other sections OF the Union, and a. ONES COM
mence vigorously building up the reputation of its
own scientific Institutions We have the materials
Of success, IN an abundant d'g'ee, and. with far
competition, success must crown our efforts. Let
the facilities of our institutions be presented fairly
TO the candid consideration OF the public, and, no
doubt, they will soon overflow with students. lie:
there be energetic, patriotic, AMI Combined action
among the Southern physicians, to encourage the
| Medical schools within their own territory, by
calmly setting forth their Just claims 70 patronage,
and Immediately il would be perceived that they
;ouid not only sustsin Themselves speedily
pass similar establishments on the other side Of the
| Potomac.
Richmond enjoys rare facilities in anatomical and
| clinical instructions. Subjects for dissection are
most abundant, and every aid is given the student
| by the Proesso. Of Anatomy, and a competent de-
tnonsJator. There are SIX clinical lectures delivered
zach week-four IN the College lnfrmary, and t~o
at the City A,ms'house. These clinics consist not
only OF Instructions al the oed SIDE OF the SICK, but,
also, Of great number of minor and mo i)r- surg.
c.. operations for the removal OF disease. To those
who expect 10 practice medicine ia a Southern
Climate. these clinical lectures must he inva uabls;
for, It IS in the South alone that those disc ses in
cident to its peculiar climate and population, can be
correctly studied. Thin truth can be denied by no
one. How much can be learned in Phlad. ph,,
or New York, about the d seises, and the treatment
ofthe peculiar types Of the diseases Of negroesl
Absolutely nothing.
BoaSd is cheaper n Rchmond than in any oih.r
city of the same size in the Union no,w outstanding
the CONTRARY has been so often asssried fJr i, can
be procured, in respectable f,mias for from Ihroo
dollars to ave dollars per week, including fuel,
lights, &c.
The foregoing remarks have been made by one,
who's himselta graduate OF another Msdcal school
hut ne has had an opportunity Of comparing that
IN Richmond with oiher.-nn1 strict justice requires
him 10 say, he believes students Of medicine cannot
do better than 10 remain in their native State TO ac
qure their Professional any rlts, they cannot
leain more elsewhere. a PHYSICIAN.
nnpp AM SIIAVG