Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-09-30
The Meaieai college OF Virginia.

BY reference our advertising columns will be seen
that the session of the Medical College Of Virginia
mences Monday next, October Sd. This State Inst
tuition is thoroughly organized with corps of Pro
fcssors aud Demonstration of Anatomy, by whom full
of lectures delivered every subject taught
the other Medical Schools Of the United States. The
session win continue for f-e months term long
that adopted elsewhere-we do not except the Uni
versi,y of virginia-or while this last institution four
Professors and Demonstration accomplish the whole
curriculum of medical instruction in months, it is
perfectly clear that nearly double that PROFESSIONAL force
at the Medical College of Virginia perform the
duty in fre months In reference 20 this matter cal
culaton will show that many IL not more lectures
delivered in five months at tho Medical College OF vir
gnia than at the University Medical School in nine
months.
Having said thus much in reference the length the
session. and the of instruction furnished TO stu
dents let look its other advantages and rst
The Museum Is most extensive aud contains besides
many most valuable rorbid specimens every thing ne
cessary TO the illustration Of the various subjects taught
its material collected through long series Of years by
the Professors of the College from its foundation
gether with the most valuable surgical of Pro-
essor Gibson, formerly of the University of Pennsyl
vana afford to the Professors of the Medical College Of
Virginia for conveying medical information unsur-
passed by any school in the Union be,ides the chemi-
cal apparatus the of illustration by drawings en-
cravings and matera medics specimens, are all that
could be desired ID The moteriai for anatomical dis.
section is abundant and be furnished at cheap
rate believe, than at of the city schools or at
the University Of Virginia. The dssecting room is most
convenient and amply lighted, and the students dis
sections supervised by industrious and thoroughly
competent Demonstration Indeed school can prac
teal Anatomy be better taught its knowledge more
eheaply attained, than Richmond Medical College
Sd Clinical Instruction. The of this means of in.
tructon constitutes the great defect in American Med
cal Education and it has been the wish of the Fac
ulty of the Medical College of Virginia to do all in their
power this evil and while the College may not
boast of its mammoth Hospitals attended onlv occasion
ally by students than possibly come within
sight of either Professor Patient still it offers Col
lege Infrmary well filed with Medical and Surgical ca
ses under the with the College (which we be-
ieve is the in other Institutions where each
student may examine the patient daily under the super
vision of the attending Professor who with care explains
the and treatment Of the disease Such daly Wis
its the bedside OF the patients though comparatively
their number may be small is much more efficient a. a
Of instruction than visiting las the large Nor
thern HOSPITALITY the wards, only trcf week
aud then the crowd Of students is such that but lit
tie if any practical information be obtained Besides
this Clinical lectures will be delivered by an able and
competent corps of Lecturers at the Bellevue Hospital
which is also well supplied with Medical and Surgical ca
Clinical Lectures viii also be given at the CITY Aims
House by of the College Professors where much in
formation may be acquired in Surgery, Medicine and OBJ
stetrcs.
With these advantages call upon the people Of Viz
gina and elsewhere give the Medical College of vr
ginia the ampest patronage and support Richmond is
growing city, its position ia most healthy and with
climate duoraby intermediate between that of the ex
North and the South it should be aocked
Only by Virginans hut by Northern and Southern
students. the centre OF Medical education At least
every Vrginan should patronise this schoo-so should
North Carolina There is that it should be
otherwise. Every feeling OF State pride demands Of eve
ry citizen Of Virginia OF every Physician in Virginia. and
above all of every Professor OF every College in Virginia
that they should in good faith aud zeaously promote the
prosperity Of the Medical School of the Old Dominion
Let tue good work be begun once and beyond
that of any other Medical School will soon be attained