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II. L. BYRD, N. d., Dean Of tic Faculty.

TNIE FACULTY of the above College, take
Il pleasure in calling the attention of
Medical Students and the Medical Profession,
to their Circular. and believe they can offer
fucilitics-taken all toyether-eoual to any
other Institution: i'll the South.
Savannah is now regarded with pleasure
and pride by the inhabitants Of Georgia, rs the
principal city of the State, and the Western
and Sou,hWes ern States are deeply interested
i'll her prosperity, as one of the great Empor-
ums of the South. In consequence of her COM
mcrcial intercourse with other large cities, per-
sons of all classes and conditions. nre constantly
visiting her wharves. Among such assem-
blage. there is always to be fund more or less
disease, and particularly the diseases that are
peculiar to the South thus alfording the South
crn Student advantages which he wonld be
able to find in but few other places Besides
this advantage II considerable number of Sur
gical eases are treated during the winter
months. The Faculty has been assembled a,
Savannah from different sections Of Carolina
and Georgia, with view Of concentrating as
large m amount Of talent and influence rs pos.
sibir, from these States.
Ii. l.. BYRD, NJ. D., Professor Of he I'rinri-
plies mui Practice Of Medicine, is well known to
the patrons Of the Savannah Medical College,
rs lecturer on Materia Medica and Thcrapcu.
ties. He will bring to his branch both cxneri-
! j..
His course will be such rs to teach the STUDENT
TO discriminate disease accurately, and to treat,
i, lligcmtly-thus making him Il successful
practitioner
lie will bring to his aid in elucidaton, notes
and reflections, accumulated during thirteen
years of active practice on the scaboarls "i
Carolina and Georgia. Particular diseases will
he illustrated by drawings, pathological spcci
mems etc etc, and clinical lectures will BE-. do
llyercl nj the 'pllp,r, doil,-
Z. Leroy ASToSY. II. D., Professor OF Oh.
| Stctrics, and tic diseases Of II'ouen and Chil-
drcm, from WayncSborough Georgia and n son
of the late distinguished Prof. Antony, of An.
gusta, will give a thorough and complete course
of instruction, embracing tn" anatomy OF the
PeivIs and organs Of grneration-their func.
tions in health. and their diseases-including
not only the diseases of menstruation, but the
organic LESSONS of the Uterus and its appenda-
ges, It's dIsPlacements, etc. etc. The great ad-
vanecs made in Uterine Pathology, both Justify
and demand more particular attention to this
department. than has usually been bestowed
Practical illustrations will be given in Physical
Diagnosis, and the Use OF the Specululn. The
l'hysl"logy Of Generation. and Utcra.G cstatiun,
the Mechanism Of Labor, and all the necessary
Surgical Mnnipnlations will be practically
taught on the Manikin. The Lectures will be
illustrated with every requisite apparatus 4
clinque for the diseases of women and children,
will be held once per week or oftener.
WESLEY C. NORWOOD. NJ. d., Professor Of
Materia Htdica and Medical Jtriprudcncf,
from Cokcshury, S. c., the discovercr Of the Pc
culiar properties of the Vcratr,m Niridc, now
so widely and fnvorably known to the Profcs
sion. will embrace the description Of remedial
agents-the Indications which medicines are
capable Of fulfilling. and the laws governing the
application Of remedies. The different agents
of the Materia Medica, their sources, their
al,
be noticed; and the methods of distinguishing
the superior from the inferior qualities, will
also BE- enumerated. The important relations
which exist between medicine and law in re-
gard to which so little is really understood by
Physicians generally, will claim the lecturers
particular attention.
JAMES S. MoEEI, NJ. D.. Professor of Auat- |
oniy. is well know in Savannah, as laborious
Investigator of natural Science. Hiscourse ON
anatomy, will be full and practical and this |
fundamental branch will be so illustrated that
every Student can become thoroughly ac-
quainted with it. Preparations, Plates and |
Cadavers, will be used to suit the descriptions |
while frequent examinations will serve to fix
them in the mind. Dissections by each indi- |
Sidual member of the class, will be earnestly
urged by the Professor. The rooms for Dissec- |
with every needful requisite. Material will
be abundantly supplied, and the devoted at
lention Of the Demonstration will be available !
during the hours for dissection.
WILLIAM 7. FEAY, N. D., Professor of Chem.
|stry and Pharmacy of Savannah, has devoted
several years of his life to the subject of Chem
stry, and has probably no superior on his
branch in the State. He will devote himself |
10 the instruction of the class in the more gen. !
era' laws connected with the Molecular rela-
ions OF matter. The properties of Light |
Heat aud Electricity, under it's various forms.
will be experinentally illustrated by means of
suitable apparatus, and the various properties
md compounds of the different elementary
substances. WILDE explained and brought be.
Tore the Student SOFAS to afford him knowl |
edge of this important branch, which will full.
y enable him to comprehend and take an n.
crest in the invaluable facts with which it ist
constantly enrichisg every department of Med.
cal Science.
JOHN DAVIS. N. D., Professey of phvs;oloou
If Abbayille, 8. c., has devoted special atteS.
ion toFhis branch--for the sifivestipa tion. of
vhieh, the powers Of: his mind seem to be pecu.
iaflyadapted. The paramount Importance of
physiology is now universally admitted The
Professor will shoY, that the Pathologist, truly
deserving the name nastPTeviously become a
'hysiologst. There is no small amount of false
Pathology, from deficiency in respect to the |
,ther branch of Science on the part of the Pa.
biologist, 80 called: hence, the Importance Of
ome association Of the two branches in the.
anne chair. y, .t ,.pr.: ;.;Fsss & ,is2ss
:ChARtEs GAsAa1, M. D., Profssor sof s,r.
'ery for the present session, has devoted his at.
ention to his branch for several years, Sb9fh in /
his country and id the large Hospitals sof Eu.
oPe. He VIII deliver a course of .Lectufss
'raet.sst IN their character, and embracing sn
MODERN Surgery has been snf.iiehse d. The res