The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA.
Medical Department,

Medical Department.
TT>HE annual course of LECTURES in this department
l. will commence on Monday, November 18th, 1855,
and will terminate in the ensuing March.
James Jones, MD, Professor of Practice of Medicine
J. L. Riddle NJ. D., Professor of Chemistry.
Warren Stone, NJ D., Professor of Surgery.
A. H. Cenas, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics.
A. J. Wedderburn NJ. D., Professor of Anatomy.
Gustavus ANott, NJ. d., Professor of Matera Medica
Thomas Hunt, NJ. D., Professor of Physiology and
Pathology.
Cornelius Beard, NJ. D.. Demonstrators of
Samuel Choppin NJ D., { Anatomy
The rooms for dissectng will be open on the third
Monday in October.
The faculty Visiting Physicians and Surgeons
of the Charity Hospital and attend this institution from
November to April.
The students accompany the professors in their Wis
Its, and free OF expense enjoy extraordinary practical
advantages.
There are, during the session, about eight hundred
persons prescribed for daily.
In 1854, the number of patients was thirteen thou
sand one hundred and ninety-two.
august Is, 1855. THOMAS HUNT, Md, Dean.
100000 COPIES!
Steamboat Disasters on the Western Waters,
AND STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY.
The undersigned have <szxxan. =
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STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY,
which will be issued in October next; the book will
contain two hundred pages usra ted in the best
style, and neatly bound in durable 1t will
be of the MOST INTERESTING BOOKS published
and will be book that will be interesting all class
ofpeople. The Steamboat Directory will contain
complete list and description of all the steamboats,
now affoat in the western and southern waters. The
length, model, speed, power and tonnage of each boat
where and by whom built, the Of the boat with
the trade she is in. Also, the of captains and
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contain history of steamboats, and steamboatng on
the western waters since the application of steam also
sketch of the first boat built for the Ohio river, with
the name of the builder, commander and owner.
The River Directory will contain list and descrp-
ton of all the Steamboat Disasters that have occurred
on the western and southern waters beautiful, illus
rated, with list of who have Persisted by
their burning sinking and exploding, on the western
and southern waters. The Directory will contain
MAPS Of the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Ar
kansas, White, Red, Ouachita and other rivers with
all the cities and towns laid down, with correct dis
tances: also, many other river and commercial items
of interest to the people large The book will con-
tain the cards of the various u S. mail boats with the
trade they in, etc. The Directory will also con-
tain complete list of all the responsible steamboat IL
censed officers their places of residence, etc., the
steamboat law, its requirements, with comments show
ing wherein 1t benefits the incompetent officer, and
Injuries the competent officer, and all the mpor-
date: the rates and important commercial privileges
bills Of adng, important decisions of the various U. s.
courts in regard to freights lost and damaged ETC.,
with many other things of interest.
The Directory will be illustrated in the best style,
and printed in the best manner. The author has for
six years been gathering together all the facts and
items in regard to the steamboat disasters
on the western and southern waters, and now intends
publishing them in book form. The price of the work
will be put at the low sum of ONE DOLLAR. Ten
thousand copies will be issued for the boatmen, all
others DESTROYS Of subscribing should do SO once as
none viii be printed unless ordered in advance The
work is destined to have circulation of over so 600
copies, as the publishers receiving large numbers
Of subscribers, mail from all parts of the country,
dalfy Some Of the oldest boatmen, as we'll as most
scienfihc men Of the times; are contributors to the
Steamboat Directory.
The directory will be issued in October, and will
De an ornament to the parlor as we'll as Steamboat.
BY RENTING One Dollar (pos paid) you will receives
cepy OF me above book. All communications and
letters should be addressed 10 7-,-
JAMES T. LLOYD & Co.
augl-H Postofice Building, Cincinnati. d