Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-25
DOMESTIC.

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~ Nor,hcrn Medical Colleges. For series oil years,
such instructions gwen only IN PhadelPha ana
Boston, IN whc.i cities the schools OF Eieachp' s'
founded in the United States, were located. bu', as
soon as similar institutions were established III u!e
srent States they met with The patronage ana en-
couraoemen o; the students residing IN th"s' oates
number of aaurishing and highly respectable meo'-
ca Schools has consequently sprung up IN 'ie No,.'
ern Eastern Western and Southern states i"e
schools IN the Southern States, however, VIA 'he eA
cep,ou ui one 10 South Carolina, and perhaps Two III
MARYLAND have not been SO Literally encouraged y,
The students Of the States III winch hsy are i'e'eu,
particularly these IN Virginia, "hen, ti'uS" 49,,
by gentlemen Of acknowledged abilities ana Pioies
sionnl merit and afd.ng 10 the student very superior
Advantages have received only ABOUT ho'ey VI tux
patronage Of the students OF The STATE
Il, those who are cesirous Of the a:vancemeht ana
mproyemen, Of the community these institutions are
objects of dee, interest and they are not the less ooecu
of concern to those VITO regard them merely as mean'
of increasing rs wealth; both at winch are Inc eg.',
mate and necessary consequences OF t'e'' .
onera;on They require the services OF men possessing
,ho mos, extensive intellectual requirements, whose
influence and example tend To elevate The character o.
the community in which they reside, and aiiofang Ia
clliiias for acquiring knowledge, ana hu"'e "e"'' "
labor IN the pursuit oi u,
They also increase the business, and contribute 10 inc
wealth of The community, BY giving employment, an s
often competency, to number OF individuals 10 o''
f.rent capacities; and, through me suuehs ''s'i
IN them an immense revenue IS dra"h ny Que seeo'''
from other sections Of the country.
There were in the city of Philadelphia, during the
last winter three % four Medical schools IN iu,i ope
rstons with aggregate OF about 'oo suaeh's ~ "ie
University Of PENNSYLVANIA and the Jefferson Medical
o!cra there we're 513, according to the catalogues OF
thase institutions fer the only ones to which
.e have access from that city. Estimating the sum
expended By each student a. S;''o' we nave .ne pun
ri s35O Geo carried into Philadelphia by 'uo siu'
dents or s2s Ga0 by the number known to have been
in that civ OF. The nnnher IN the Two sch"ns ABOVE
named one hundred and thirteen we're from virginia
and a similar estimate made respecting theih, gives
s56 800 as The sum Withdrawn by them from me o'at
II - ,hs sum we add $1,000 the estimated exp-nci
,n-a FIR len students from Virginia, who were IN New
York we SHALL have SCI 800, as he snFn pad oy me
State las, winter or etica! Instruction, so lar as We
have means Of asce.taning It, Ia's' however - oh!y
an aonroxr,aon 10 the really Withdrawn rom H.
for there is reason believe, shat much larger mum
Der o! students annually leave tie State Ter the paT'
pose Of pursuing medical studies
Accarcnr To "s'ofiSt;cs IF tkc Medical Coitges q
The L. States jg r Romcya Beet, II. d. TRANSACTIONS
orMs uedieal Socieg If me STATE IF Ne~ for, fo'.
III" ga student. from Virginia, mor'cn!a'"d IN the
University oc Ptnnsy ivana from -30- u 10 1855 -
incus We or l02 = annually. Consequently the sum
of S!62 coo withdrawn IRON the ea'e, III "'"e
years-or 50! ,:;}22 annually.
Within the same period ICE students from N'rgina,
,natrculn,ed IN the Medica! School of T.ansylvan'a
University, through whom s'i,w was whncfawh
from The Slate in n.ne vea:s--or S0!to ANNUALLY
From l-:s}- - 1878 inclusive, lo3 students
from V,rcinia matriculaed in tie Jefferson Medical
College. or - annually. There Of course a with
drawa from the State Of $500 in i've yeas-or So
800 annually. ~ ,
Withdrawn from the State Of Virginia, and expended
in other States for medical education; and lo students
from this Safe mR,reu!ate annually IN Medical Col
legcs in other States ),
shows that 233 medical students from Virginia. ma
circulated ia the titren Medical Colleges IN The
United States from iS53- II 10 !co-- 50, inclusive
However the number Of na;rlcnales IN Tue JeHefsoh
Medical Cuere for winter, ISIS i9,) is not
riyen in the statistics the average annual number
Of students t31) from Virginia for this institution,
should Therefore, be added TO 2:o, making total o'
81 students from this State IN SIX years vi 'h's
number IS attended lectures within me state,
and 9-9 or los annually in other States. | he sun:
withdrawn from the State by tia medical students, rs
therefore estimated TO hare been Si9i300 IN the Elk
years above named or S>2, $50 annually
For hov, laHr period OF nr this sum mas been with
drawn from th State through this medium, cannot
accurately determine Bat in 1856 81 there were !4'
students from Virginia in two Medical Schools in me
IT, States, viz in the University oi pennsylvania i24'
and % in The Medical Schools Of Transylvanla Unve!
x;,v H. hoxcvcr the number of students supplied by
State bear any constant relation to lis population, the
number supplied by Virginia, has increased only 10
small cx,ent since $50; but from 1850 to lc2O 1t IN
creased mnc more rapidly. IN TIC absence Of docu'
,nentarv evidence on this point, the reader can make
such estimates may be deemed correct: ms muc'
apoears to be beyond dsputethat Virginia has contr
of the Medical Schools If other States In all proba
bili;y this contribution has amounted, in the last ten
years, TO $500 0oV
If medical knowledge could be obtained on no other
terms than those Which the physicians OF thus State
have preferred be educated, the students OF medicine
would s. be under The necessity OF awaiting themselves
oc the same dearly bought opportunities. Bnt since
the facilities for acquiring both collegiate end a
medical education in Virginia. arc fully equal 10 those
offered elsewhere, reason exists So lar as tae ek
ot no
going abroad.
IL indeed the knowledge Of medicine, necessary to
admit n candidate examination for tue degree Of
Doctor of Medicine with any corfectnts IS DC cs
timatd bv the time occupied in attending upon public
lectures the students who graduate IN Virginia afc
South Carolina, more thoroughly instructed, thaf
those who take their degrees from Colleges M othei
States OF he Ugion. The period of time required hy
all the Medical Colleges The U. :. 20 be devote
10 the study OF medicine, before candidate can b
admitted TO examination for the degree Of Doctor
of Medicine, with ooe excePt'on) three years, IN
der the supervision of respectable practitioner, IN
cudinp attendance on two Of public lccturco
But in the University of Virginia, an attendance on
three courses Of lectures, Of ten months each Is re-
qured; the supervision o. instruction OF me pt'vo'c
practitioner being dispensed with The time occupied
by the course Of lectures IN tie different Medical lasil
tutions in The L. varies from three to 1--we months:
in the majority of item, /! cc: four months or six
teen weeks, the latter period beng most common Bet
in the Medical College OF South Carolina, The course
az lectures occupies five months, (Beck) and (un!ess
recently aered} it occupies The period in the Me
dical Department of IamPden Sidney College at Rich.
mond -, =.
If the number of medical students which Virginia
sends annually to other States we're TO enter one of
her own Medical Schools t,hat at Richmond Tor exam
ple and remain in five noa,hs, is obvious that 81
increased activity would be gwen 10 every iind Of
business The various wants OF these individuals, and
ofhe friends who, in all probability, would accompany
or visit them, must be supplied They would, 10 a
greater o. less extent be need of the Offices OF every
profession, trade and calling The farmer also would
experience in some degree The beneficial effects OF such
an event; and in meeting with better prices and de.
m,nd for an increase of his products the tradesman
would would be partially remunerated in kind for any
encourage men, he might give 10 the institution N
question And INITIAL interchange of kind offices