Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-24
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF HAMPDEN
SIDNEY COLLEGE,

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA..
This institution, established in 1888 by few
energetic and enierprising memo>rs oil Inc tacsi'
to. unas,ised by legislative appropriation, has
nassed through an auspicious infancy, and now
nfesents 10 Students Of Medicine advantages not
10 he surpassed By any other institution in the
Union. Within he las! few years splendid
College edlfice, Of The Egyptian style oil aichiIec-
lure, has been erected in pleasant part oil The
civ. The College contains three spacious and
comfortable Lecture rooms, which are admifa-
hlv adanted 10 their respective purposes. The
Dlssecling room is we'll ventilated, and furnished
with an abundant supply OF water and all the
necessary apparel" 10 render attractive The cul-
,iyaliun Of Practical Anatomy. The Museum
is amply provided with materials tor demonstra.
linn before The class. II contains large num-
her If osseous nervous, vascular, muscular and
o,her preparaions The College lnirmsry is
under The same root, and greatly extends The ia.
ciiries for Clinical instruction. The wards are
al ali times we'll filled with patients, and their
convenience to The Lecture rooms furnishes ex-
ceIlent opportunities to study he diseases OF our
climate. The City Hospital ami Aims House
also furnish many subjects Tor Clinical lnstruc-
tim. Students are admitted 10 all oil these Insl-
,utinns tree Of expense. Many important Surei-
cal cases arc treated in the lnfrnary, and ope-
rations before The class are frequently performed,
a.d OF every variety Of magnitude. PRACTICAL
ANATOMY may be studied 10 perfection, and sub
iects for dissection are furnished al price great
IL less than in the Northern institutions.
has been only recently that Virginia has es'
tahIished Mc.ical Schools OF her own. She has
heretofore been entirely dependant on other States
for mcdica education, ana has consequently con
tributed largely 10 bnild up and sustain other
schools. and especially the Northern institutions
But such state OF thiHgs no longer exists. The
Richmond Medical College challenges comparl
son with any institution 10 the facilities II offers
Tor thorough instruction. The College lufrmary
affords ample opportunities Tor The student ID
srudy AT the bed side OF The ralient the DIS
eases peculiar 10 a Southern climate. Though
III. hospjtals OF our Northern cilIes are more
crowded with patients, yet the cases Heatec
in the Richmond Hospitals are sufficient loi
The wants of The student. Within its ward:
NAV he found all the diseases OF our eli.
maIe-diseascs with which the student shoult
he mos, familiar, for such he will be called upor
10 lrea, In he commencement OF bis professional
career. The only method by which he can &C
onire an accurate knowledge OF them, IS by {
| close and careful observation OF limited mum
her OF cases al time, "in their various stages
| jevelopemeni and progress, under The guidance
othe practitioner, familarizsd with their types, a.
modified by locality, and experienced 10 the ap
nrooriale treatment" Diseases are e1trnsivel.
modified by climate, race, occupation and habits
all have their influences. Pulmonary affection
are as common al The North. as intermittent Ant
remillept ievers in the South. While The pracfic
atthe North is mild and iimid, that in the Soutl
| IS bold and vigorous The Southern student, Il
l become acquainted with The peculiarities @