Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-17
For The Euclirer.

Genlemen One who has lately visited the Medical School
Of DR.. Meitanr in Prince Edward county, would speak
word 10 the Young men OF Virginia and hr Southern States
who design commencing their Medical studies this Fall Dr.
Meaucr, il Is w. kaown, has l,ng been the most
distinguished Surgeons South of the Potomac, while his
high and varied aainmcris in every department mrd-
r;ne together with his fine practical Skill have gained for
him reputation seldom attained by who has spent 50
large portion OF his life in the country dstint rom an
those ana appliances boot" by which the fame
ri city physicians spreads itself in broadening circles
the land
SO high indeed is the standing of Dr. NJ, that an a,ten-
dance upon course OF lectures his school is received in
Baltimore and Philadelphia ,quivalcn, an atten-
dance upon Of lectures The first schous those
cities; ana many OF his onncourse students have been
graduated the second with distinguished credit those
Institutions Every facility indeed is furnished the student
necessary 10 thorough theoretic and practical acquain
ance with his profession.
The institution regularly chartered by the agis
e as the saea nsra% he RsRRaa"dd ? ssv Mac"n
as tie Ieiica Department Of Hampton sydney
aud authority grant diplomas lis graduates in ihe
US ua way The full course III studies embraces compre-
cns.ye view Of medical science. Each is ten
months in length The several subjects thus thoroughly
taught III their regular order ana natural Connection
There Is no crnwding and ninging and umblng together
at one lime of all the different parts of the science, fatally
calculated, rs in the Northern institutions To produce
ainy vagneness aud coniuson otentmes worse than To-
dl gnorance in the mind al the student. Ii is the usual
routine IN those institutions 10 crowd and cram medic inc in
Ia the mind "t The overwhelmed vro al the sir lee
ures day. heterogeneous subjects and in heterogeneous
ways. and thus in u lew months, oil, what Mr. Wise
says Dr. Chapman calls cracker doctors" Nv the hun
dred The system pursued in noble University and
In the school OF Dr. NJ, acqIns tie student fist with the
foundation Of his prossiun there is h;n prumiScous
heaping and piling Of the "dseca n5ra Of know.dgc
but The edicc rises by regular degrees; the various
parts are adjusted 10 each uthcr soidy Of structure
and symmetry of proportion alike secured and the
finished whole is full uf lasting strength and beauty The
opportunities for dissection In this school abundant
while the and varied operations performed upon
the patients in the hospital well filled with the afflicted
from different portions vi the State and from other States
display TO the vi the student the useful and brilliant
illustrations Of the principles and practice Of surgery
cated with Dr. NJ is his Dr. Joseph lcttaue formerly
Professor Of Chemistry in Hampden Sydney College and
we'll known for his high talents and at,anmens have
thus called the notice OF the public institution every
way we'll worthy Of its patronage. Situated in heahlul
and pleasant section Of country affords the student
agreeable abode during the tcdum of his preparation for
practice and furnishes him the best facilities VI acquiring
his professional education upon moderate and reasonable
terms
In speaking thus highly Of this school, would by no
means dispaage any other in midst. II is high time
that Virginia the South should build up parUnsnr
her own medical institutions. While many diseases among
in great pc Iilr climate and we have
excellent facilities Of instruction in those diseases lust
doors annually sending thousands Of our young
men, and hundreds Of thousands Of dollars the North
ern schools II We wish good schools flourish in our
midst lei US support them with the now souander
abroad, Ii We wish good physicians ills let US
teach them at home where these ills nrise and By home in
structos who have both felt them themselves and watched
them In others VIRGINIA