The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-11

The MEDICAL CoLLEeE.--The lectures at this
institution, now in progress, are not public; but
trusting upon our usual good luck, and the cour-
tesy we have always met at the hands of the gen.
tlemen of the Faculty we dropped in yesterday
morning, between 10 and II o'clock-Prof. Shep-
ards hour. We went to the chemical lecture
room, and there saw seated upon the benches
about sixty young gentlemen, whose appearance,
figure, form, face and dress-al marked them,
even to the most casual observer, Us medical stu
dents. What it is precisely that marks the species
we have never been able to determine satisfacto-
rily; but certain it is that some e ne sais quo OF
dress or bearing always distinguishes the young
aspirant for medical honors; and in New York or
Philadelphia we could always distinguish the South.
ern medical student from the Yorker. the Yankee
the Canadian and the Blue Nose. DR.. Shepard
was lecturing to very attentive class-many ol
the students diligently engaged in taking notes
The Professor was expatiating on the mysteries oI
electricity, illustrating his remarks at every stcr
with experiments-grnding the subtle fluid of his
machine in quantities to suit whatever point he
wished to elucidate. Dr.. g. is an old chemist, and
an experienced and successful teacher. Familiar
with the mysteries Of nature through many sci
ences, he is neve- at loss for suitable sad happy
| illustrations,
"Inductive Electricity" being too abstrusa sub.
ject to fathom within half an hour, We only gave
it attention with one cranal hemisphere. the other
directing our eyes around the room and taking
tai notes. The general arrangement Of the lecture
room and laboratory has undergone many changes,
the meteorological cabinet now being in the front
room, the specimens all classified and neatly label.
led. This collection, the Professor informed u.s.
he designs enlarging considerably next Winter.
new chart of Elements embracing tho latest
discoveries, attracted our attention, also chart
giving the GENITAL metrical tables.
Professor Shepard visited Europe during the
past Summer, and brought with him, On his re-
turn, all the latest improvements in chemical anj
philosophical (?) apparatus. Many Of these In.
struments came IL the "Gauss"-the boxei thai
contained them are still in the hail. marked "Glas'
| with one 81 AID "Yorslchtig." We Looked ovel
the apparatus, but as we are net deep IN organi;
chemistry we could hardly appreciate the delicacy
Of many Of these instruments. Among them VIZ
saw combustion apparatus for the elementary
analysis Of organic substances This is very com
plete; also voumetric apparatus. Next the in
strument for spectral analysis, by means c: Thict
the one hundred and eighty mii!.onth part o? 6
grain Of SCI: (muriato OF eodum), could be detect
ed, simply b. the specific hue it presents under
the glass. "Rub:durl" aud "CRsium," two Gle
mentsry bodies, were disco cred by P:of. Bunsea
OF Heidelberg, solely by this special analysis.
DR.. c. Z, Shepard, Jr.. assists his f4ther il th:
Laboratory, and also delivers course Of lecture,
on physiological chemistry, Ee has but recently
eturned from Gotiiagen and Berlin, where be
made specially Of organic chemistry.
Among the many now instruments We saw, there
is one which records with ink upon paper the
waves OF the pulse. Il is called the sphygmo
eraphion; IN length of name as we'll as In purpose
akin to the hgmadynamometer