The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-03
The Medical Conegc-openins OF t'e
Win er Session.

The winter coulse Of this institution was
commenced yesterday. number OF students
were in attendance, but it is expected that the
lists will be largely increased after the eiec-
lions. During the vacation number OF lni-
proyements have been effected both in the ap-
pearance of the building and in the facilities
afforded for instruction. Every part of the
college has been subjected to q careful exami-
nation, and the museum has been enriched by
a number of specimens OF diseased structure,
known as monstrosities, which have been un-
earthed by the Professor OF Pathology. The
museum is now one OF The most compef" III
the South, and an invaluable asslsta:lt to the
medical student. Professor Sheparc and DR..
C. U. Shepard, Jr., have paid considerable at
tention to the chemical bra nch, and the labor-
atory is now furnished with ell the modern ap-
plianccs and aids to science, including file
French instruments, glasses, retorts, &c. The
laboratory has been thoroughly reorsanized,
and possesses conveniences tor tho strdent
and the professor that were long needed.
Several changes were made in the faculty
during the past summer, caused by the resis-
nation and removal from the city of some OF
the former professors. Drs. J. ]. Chisolm and
T. T. Miles removed TO Baltimore, and the
chairs of surgery and physiology, thus LEFT
vacant, were filed by Drs. R. A. Kin.och and
Middleton Michel. DR.. George E. Trescots was
elected to fill the chair Of materia medica, rem
dered vacant by the change OF DR.. hinloch to
that of surgery. In addition to the usual
course OF lectures, clinical lectures will be de-
livered at the City Hospital, 10 Mazyck-street'
by Professors Geddings, Robertson and Hill
loch, and by DR.. F. P. Porcher, the physician
in charge. The anatomical rooms arc u der
the direction of Drs. F. L. Parker and ". II.
Bailey, and dssectioas are conducted daily.
There is perhaps no med cal college south OF
Philadelphia that presents greater advantages
to tho student, or where he could obtain q
more thorough knowledge Of his profession.
No better proof of this can be adduccd than
the fact that before The war the number Of
students was almost more than could be ac-
cvmmodated, aud they hailed from the Poto-
mac to the Rio Grande, and from tho Atlantic
to the far West. The opening exercises were
conducted yesterday by the Dean, DR.. F. NJ.
Robertson, Professor Of Obstetrics.
DR.. Robertson delivered an Introductory
lecture on the duties and responsibilities OF
the profession, which was marked by deep
thought and replete with eloquent and striking
passages.
Drs. Chazal, Kinlocb, Geldings, Michel and
Parker lectured on their respective branches.
In each case the professor addressed few
words of greeting to the class thanking them
for their attendance, ard explaining the par
ticular branch on which he was lecturing.
The change wrought by the war has prevented
many from pursuing their medical studies, but
the number Of students is gradually increas-
ing, and the college will soon regain its pas
popularity and prosperity. The following is a
list Of the faculty:
F.M. Robertson, NJ. D., Dean.
J. E. Holbrook, NJ. D., Emeritus Professor
Of Anatomy.
E. Geddings, NJ. D., Professor OF the Insti-
tutes and Practice of Medicine.
C. q. Shepard, NJ. D., Professor of Caem-
istry.
R. A. Kinloch, N. D., Professor of Surgery.
F. NJ. Robertson, III. D., Professor of Obste-
tries and Diseases Of Women aud Children.
j. P. Chazal, n. D., Professor Of General
Pathology, Pathological Anatomy and Hy-
giene.
Middleton Michel, Ii. D., Professor OF Gene
raj Anatomy and Physiology.
Geo. E. Trescott, NJ. D., Professor of Mate
ria Medlca AID Therapeutics.
F. L. Parker. NJ. D., Demonstration Of Anato-
my and Lecturer on Anatomy.
W. q. Bailey, NJ. D., Assistant Demonstration
of Anatomy.