Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-11
To The Editors Of hr WE;
SVIrnE MIS- t.E NtnI~T


As you s~are i'o pcriod will arrive when YOU
will prepare {" rsp, 10 several pisces vf destination
tie pursuit your medical stndles-hen you will be
called upon prfenls aud friends homo aud knI,cI
with all cr endeanug and lcctOns,
the sweet ties Tor while. aud wh some 81 p.riIl
forever love and friendship ch have long bound you
son, friend, brother the broad portals "f tie
classic halls OF kn"wleJrciu the pursu,ti Iat knowledge
which j. Jcs"y your fellow mrn BENEFITS rcalruln-
bic ounuttcrable-whic u yon with honour
fame wealth which will stamp you With disgrace and
iniarny winch, in a word place you upon a level
with the lustrIDu- plinIhfop:sls of humanity, which
i. -nA You i"oiing with the dircfu ol
our
Afe you fully ut the great responsibility which
upon youl Have yol carefully weighed the npor-
which you about 10 take upon youl-
Arc you fully conscpu. yi the iupor11t obligation which
imposed you, aud cultivate the Zine aud
talen,s which your maker has given you7 would ndnou-
18Th YOU rcd .ube your diligence labor aszduous!y IN
the PREPARATION =" J"use'c- for iat Profession wr,ch d.
usher you orh idle SPECTATORS but q. busy
actors among Tor upon your n" viii depend
the issue whether your Subsequent will he ghd ~
with the brantra VI happiness aud fame OF bo ci1uded
wit, the datkcnod shades Of woichadncs1 and msery
And If such Is tie degree 4 responsibility ani cufe dc
s"lyng upon you II important tho interests T., J-
c"EiJed u your care, ought you be careful IN
selecting for your Pcoeppr aid seats of cafnng bns-
mirn ai5 those situations who are th, beet nu1lfed and
which psscs the gfoatr icliucs for importing thc fcqui
site instruction, aud tho uefi inOrmalionl ~ al well
know, scO'esycs, hundreds o y,rgnians repair annually
to Northern Medical Institutions. there T., ist NorIorn
decentralization MefchanI-Nor,ncs Hotel keep
cfbefe 10 contract md form ,rso dcprsycd and di..i
paed habits for which ihc Northern co- are 80 yf1smi
ssniy dsfBzv,ssei, and Of which the unw.fy would, ID
80 often the vc'm,tiefe aiiarces ard io
'sn'm"n' utterly u"oong'naI will, and pr'juIoiaI IT, all
institutions of tie S,uih whether of political civil or
literary character. Vugi1aus, why j. hsY Have YOU
no Soutiir Scho"ls1 WH"-c tho Chlr,q'o, scio H.
ar Institution possessing F.cuy. which, M .,nt Of at
IT, b. unsurp,.rcd IN the whole uu.or lst Yfgi m ne
Whore Is Lnr Unyorsiyl And ll., tiruah E,s, Of sr
the Richmond Medical CJ,lck,! Here r tie Ncif,.t,
Of your State, IN the midst tho enlightened and 70
lIed srcrty Of Richmond, have you Scitloi Which N
point Of iacucsJf the abcs " i'i Facrlfy .o ,y,b
the hfst institutions OF the land. One that m point d,
Clinical sud Pathological Surgical and Anatomical f,e
itcs, has sHp,T,J and bu, few equals n t. cnp,,y
Shc presents tn the world a nybo instance NJ indvid,,
enterprise, IN great and glorious science. UnaIr ell,
efhy Legislative Municipal Bd unt within the lat ,,,
yearE, d'scpunicnanced by the Profession ,-,y It,
Virginia d"nng is ir- few years ~ her existence sb,
still, nndcicrfcd md uninnd1rd pfogfc ssoI onward and
will unfng zeal and Ind ,nitsbe pcrf yrrsnca has ,s
ony destroyed and nvslid,cd tie fatal theory boot bs
demonstrated etpcnmcntiy. that virginia "a ,bte t. sun
port Medical SCHOOL, sud content with fca-in, IT, rle,
have snv"n and -U-ceedcd ~ placing upon bs.. IT..
pre2nabr. ~ punt o f,nh unsurpassed Wy nny IN tno
branchoscquilicd ly none ~ rout of that rl,,p, cen
| inH'" iiip 1T Medicine Surgical ~. iruciion.
Tier Professors ara men 81 extensive pfsctics e,pc-
f'enc' ~ rr Pfuiossoninen 90 whose merry aud On
torprze needless 10 conmen for Il is sufficient b. po,o
for specimen and proof. their brilliant School Aod
well would be for Vmgins he po sessed IN every dc
Pst,ment Of Ar end Sc,cace within border few more
such n'n as Ca'en' Warner, Chsml"r1yne, snd Msutio
ipes the Register Of any other Institution Ia ,i Tlo,,1
'''' ''o'rd 20 many Surgical operations hsyine been
performed have been this during tho psst ~ m,ps-