, 1865-02-16
RAHHEMANn MEDICAL COLLEGE,
Fifth Annral Commencement Exercises.
List Of Gr:dnatcs--Yaiedictory Address.

| The nth annual commencement exercises oi
nnhncroann Medical College were held in Bryan
HILL yesterday afternoon. In consequences OF the
1nciement weather, the audience WINS rather limit.
cd. The Great Western Light Guard Band was in
attendance.
Rev. Mr. EDDY, Of TIC oliyet Presbyterian
Church, offered prayer-
DR.. A~E. Small, Dean OF the Faculty, re,d his
annual report, which as follows:
EEroET OF TIE nkAH.
The Aith annual course ofinstructionin in the Han.
nc@ann Medical College was yesterday brought to
etghteen weeks. About i've hundred lectures
have been given upon the various branches o}
eae Of 4 te an .e9cn Of ssveny Lectures
| FURNISHED nc class for thorough Instruction in
hna19nmy. 3ha n3n h hem1gsr rhysologY, Pathology, and
cal education 1t Is believed, viii eon'rare fnror
ably with these Of my other Nedtca! School in
me Northwest? y west a..a That has been md siill is
onstrauon end delincaou Of tic subiccts tec,ured
rpon, hare not been wanting. The microscope
has ,arsqaent,y been the medium through wIich
osy and pathology hive been ob:ained. i ~ libsfai @
supply Of paintings and drsViogs, together with
% %tons h,rc sidaa ,a ana npInc59as other p5epasa.
class to IN Insight into the mysteries Of SCIENCE
Additions have been made to the College museum
IGN yaa5 70 !ear, md although the collection OF
ed, tho way Ii nevertheless opcn for mrther nd
o1nons. ihe effort 10 preserve becoming libcr-
Ely 1oW9sds other medical colleges. hes been coz
e!aat and 1nremftung. All honorable effort to
Eecu.c medical science has been seconded. The
sent course IS forty-two-thtrteen Of Whom have
final p1cuary examination In a1l the branches, and
hcre introduced to ron for the degree If u. b.
| 49, GRADUATES.
The following graduates were then presented
With dIplo@1as b PEeiesser D; S. smitn, N. b.,
Eu:us Baclns, Vim. Drendenmcahl, r. Brcndeu-
mcah1. =. G. Chase, A. A. FahnestocE, Z. 3. HYatt
Wn r. rson g. sdSat assad 6hs; Nv
A.. y. woodward.
3he henorsry degree WIS conferred on A. T.
4as,s Ell Of p. WRnaa1o, N.Y., and l. I. o6el, Or Is
p The graaGat,ns e1a*s were then addressed by N.
:; f. coGHs, N D. Professor Of Theory and Fac
y IL q ttme-hallowed and graceful custom
Which assemblies us hero today. On me dsyolves
@ INC duty-st oncc Joyous and sad-of welcoming
profession, and OF bidding ron f.rcWes in our old
RELATION n Of teachers and pupils: Ieecm to stand
h5a Ell 9oan ns eass R61ss 2. 3 temple a1 e
dnrc dispute. Yet ere you cross the threshold. /
would faln w2rn Eou Of the tremendous Interests
solSns II s9ns hsFs Ms who enters
nothing ccn he mrrc horrible and fcyo!:fng.
hS a.st p2e55 to yor
mcn. muet 90 on Increasing with every day Of yopr
professional life, nnn the load becomes almost
ssnEh to esaf
trust In m eli powerful Providence, without which
all eho1ts are IN yain-not only the tcsreo OF pro
Ac1cccy which VIC have this day solemnly certified
tI1t,eent, nnrelenhnE study. You must not oa1s1
have az abiding 1aith In tho soundness OF yoGr
,a msoaea1 toeotaes: but yon must learn and seize
present from whatever source it may eR,anate,
and whstcvcr previous notions it may destroy.
iseasa n"f Rsgae1ans daa shall describe t9 Jon
pnrpoEcly reserved from my regular course tor
Tins occasion. It is disease which yoa Will raost
e,Slan 2t sycsy step q yonr proe
treatment, wall cause you more pcrplexity and an
noyance than all other maladtcs conblned. ills,
moreover fstsl N its ehaE.cter-atal to the lc Of
{ear Of Truth) There are, it is trnc, many yarie-
tie= Of this diseasc: therc are the Jsrsphosio
@ 2o's ,es safsa e fo1a Sa1a eos res ssas
all causing more or less mischief, and dcstruc-
tiys o. shs very liIS Of society: But tho variety
the eradication Of which You arc especially
charged, Is the Efrip1obd lsdteorlm-the iear
Of TEnta M on The part of phyRtsians.
fearinl Of honorable competition at the bedside,
the reIphohic epidemic has 80 cntsngled in rcd
tape ana E1rcumlOcuAon the lawmakers OF our
tand, from jocu.ar President to dull-eared Cou-
CrcEsEen, that It has this f:r excluded Truth
from oEr public hospitals, And from our army aud
navy. Here yerilhoba runs riot, 1nad de1ifious.-
1t dttycs a Franklln from his noble work ut
Mound City Hospital, End fnally from the army,
for other earthly reason than that he saved too
many patriots from butcherTl
| Th1nk God, Its fury only lifted Beebc to
higher and nohlef eminencct
nm informed that combined effort has been or
is to be made IN onr State Legislature, which, If
succcseful, will render this the lust ANIMAL COM
smugele bill through that august body, crcating
candidates for the degree Of -Nfdicen1 U1ctor
1nnft be brought The palpable object OF thIs Is
to exclude homnopathfets altogether from the
rcDks Of medicine, precisely as they are 80 euc-
| ceeelu1]y excluded from the army md navy. This
I Is vcrtphonin In Its despfcable aspect 1ts gub-
5cctR. IN this instance, men Of low and obscure
| origin, weak and 1mhecfle-
! The mighty reforms now beiEE written In blood
| are not confined to politics: they fnclude also
medicine nnd surgay. While all other varieties
of ver3phobla are being cured In the grand march
| Of events-Hoddeu In bloody dust hy truths re-
found Dg footsteps, can We for an Instant believe
| that the vetiphoha Iucdicorum shall escape Its
dcomy God forb;d! When these terrible years
sta1l have trayereed their deathful cyclc and our
country liits once again her num1ti8ted strength
10 the accomplishment Of her majestic destiny,
macy, maDy wrongs will shout FIR redress and
veneeance-but loudeet sud deepest and longest
will be the nations CITY for reform In the medical
care Of her pfeseTyeHst aye aud It Will be listened
TO and felt, down through the ages.