Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-14
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RICHMOND DAILY WING.
The RiehmonG Medical College.

The reputation OF the Richmond Medical Col
lege Faculty, is not, we are proud 10 Sec confined
to our mere city limits, but is spreading through
out the State.
The numerous advantages which young gentle.
mea can enjoy who wish to pursue the study of
Medicine in their own Statc-Nirginia,-arc be-
ginning, more extensively, to be found out, since
the establishment in Richmond, of the Medical
College. II has been, heretofore, too much
custom for young Nirginians. and Southerners
generally, to imagine TO themselves that there
was no such thing MS acquiring knowledge of
medicine South Of the Potomac-an idea alogcth-
er erroneous, and rs uncrcditablc TO those who
entertain such notions, as unjust TO their native
states. Such vagarcs, we trust, will cease, and
let there be no more OF them.
Since the establishment in 80 VIC believe, of
the Medical College in this city, very large
number Of students have graduated at the lnstitu-
ton. and, many of them, have since entered up
on the practice Of their profession with credit
alike to themselves and TO the Stale in which they
secured their knowledge.
No longer than day or two since, we heard
Of surgical operation being performed by one of
the Faculty in this city, that reflected the highest
credit upon the Professor OF the College, who ac
complishcd the operation in the shortest time pos
s,ble, and with skill that would vie with that of
almost any other in this country.
Ii is more than useless for us to enlarge upon
the advantages ard Importance of Nrgininns en-
couraging their own institutions, shall close
this article by adding short paragraph taken
from paper in the Vaey-"'rhe Virginia Free
Press" In speaking OF the Medical College Of
Richmond, the Editor of thatpa says:
'snce the completion oi tho new edifiec this College
is amply provided for the instruction o Medical stadtns.
We have the pleasure Of personal acquaintance with
majority Of the Professors, and know them be g,necg
their profession and possessed OF Tents pecuar
y adspedo give energy the business OF such asu
The South should feel pride, and Virginia csPs
ciay So in chershng Medical College in this region,
thereby saving the expenditure abroad immense Of
money Every year odds e the reputation ofthe College,
and only needs the continued support Of uheTn
give il eminencc and efficiency unsurpassed by any
Medical College IN the Union"
We intended, as the reader will observe. TO end
this article by copying the above paragraph, but
before we do so, 1t may he well to state, that the
vast amount paid out 10 other States, by Virginia
for educating her sons, had better be kept home.
Not less than hundred students 90, every wear,
to study medicine in the city Of Philadelphia, cav.
ing behind them upon their return, more than
$4,000! Who can say that 1t would not be better
for Richmond-nay the whole State-,ha; this
S3O,oeO should be spent among ourselves! We
may at some future time, look more minuiciy into
these mattcrs,and lay before our readers some more
astounding facts in regard to the amount drawn
out of their pockets every year, and put into the
purses of those in different States.