The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-08-02
Rush Medical College.


We have lust received the annual announce
,nent of this institution, which oar readers are
aware Is located nj Chicago.
The yearly course Of ecturcs commences Nov
Sd. and continues sixteen week.
The requirements for graduation, "a matter
which seems to be Important are
|. The candidate must be 81 years of age ana /
rive satisfactory evidence Of Possessing good
moral character
. lie must have pursued the study of mcd'.
cine 3 yesr- AMI attended, Mt least, two cuut.''
of lectures the last m which must he III thus III
stitutinn -Four wears 81 regular 'nd continuous
p,acllce will I've considered equivalent 10 one
course of lectures.
5 he must hare taken ne BiSS'c''0g AMI los
rj,al Tickets during At test, one collage t,r7r.
He must notify the Secretary of the Fac
ultv of his intention to become candidate ana
deliver 10 him thesis on ~nme medical SUBJECT
written by himself on or before 'h" l>t" trhru-
arv. and At the same time deposit the graduation
fee. which together with the thesis, will be return
ed to him in case Of withdrawal or rejection.
,. Every candidate must undergo afull and sat
,fctorv examination Oh all the branches taught
IN the College.
The amount Of time of college attendance then
i. IN all Hiyty hro we.kN or u little more than
esht months. equally divided between two years
r. at tho end of that period, the student passes
examination on the Lectures, pays his fee, and "a.
tisfrs the board that he has studied three Yeas,
he receives the degree Of Doctor Of Medicine.
From this it /, cyjl,u, that the real prepare.
ton. if any is made mus, depend almost entirely
upon the individual student in lis application
when not in attendance ON lectures.
( The roal fitness Of the practitioner will then
greatly depcui npon the dsgree Of mental cul'
turc previously obtained, upon the practical Wis
dom Of the physician with whom he studies, and
upon the value Of tie library to which he has &c.
cess. II the young man las no habits Of study
and no intense application Of mind To- hi- proie>
sion, wo to his patient Ii he has these, he will
not be over anxious to waste lis time III early u
later life The habi, cfiol and study once form
ed. will cling to linn and II lac be not known a.
always successful physician, he viii be rccog
nizcd as an intelligent a laborious and studou'
one, upon whose calm Judgment hs patrons car
confidently rely
The science OF medicine is among the ulde.
sciences known to man. AMI, if its principles are
not fully established, then they ought to be an,
very great certainty ought To characterize thc
application. If We cannot have this certainty tn
proiessios is Of little value.
Wer.Card Ibis as one of the most difficult pro
LESSONS to ill wcrthily, requiring more study am
aLiiity--abIity 9th, highest order than almos
any other The difficulty consist, not SO muc
in the application Of remedies AS discoycrin
what remedies are needed. 1t i not the phys
+. cal system in its natural working according t
established laws Of health that needs attention
but this system di,ordercd and lawless prescu
ins new phases Of difficulty each individual b
ltseli--lLe constitution aud the disorders chan.
, lug every few years,
, 1t cannot escape observation that great scent
n ci-m peryadcs society As to the regular pr"i,'
SION Our opoihccarics' shops abound in pater
( medicines Society obound1 in unlicensed a,
, yeuturcr4 But little is effected IN impressu
| upon the people that there Is a science If med
cine. The word science nerus nothing To the,
q, They hear Of science Of .ologic,' wj,hou,uumb,
4 boy i, taken from the pillow, the workshop,
l. the street aud sent to attend lectures com
l. back in a few months with a cigar, new suit
clothes, and is called doctor
- They don't understand it; nor We either IT
'. progress of the age il two swift NcLica! scien
{ will not come to iis proper ha,i, ill elcmenta
{ books ON physiology arc studied in our scho,
a and popular eIuca,ion-through thc press, a
It application Of scientific principles. Then If IN
q are thoroughly educated to their profession. a
/, by their habit. Of diIigent study and care
- practice, prove themselves capable, they "
or have the confidence and esteem of the people,