St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

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] for slight ailments, but when true sickness
comes, then must come the family doctor.
All are interested then in this matter, and
every family newspaper should give them
valuable information and advice.
Every one knows that, in times gone by,
the great family doctors were educated in
New York AMI Philadelphia, but that in
these days such is no longer the case. The
great cities of the West, Louisville, Chicago,
Cincinnati, all contain medical colleges in
which the very best education is to be OBJ
| tanned.
The cost of this education is far less than
it is in Eastern cities; a fact of great interest
to parents and guardians, and to all inter-
ested in medical students. Indeed, so i'm
portant is this money question to our
readers, that We must give them information
| which will save for themselves and their
| friends both time and money.
In the Atlantic cities student has to pay
for two courses of lecture $l55 each or $50
for the two. His diploma fee is $50; all fees
amounting to $40. His board for two ses.
sions is $3.50, or $l4O for each. His lees and
beard costing S62o These facts and figures
are official.
In Louisville, Chicago, ETC., where the
medical colleges are equally as good as they
are in New York, the student pays for his
two courses $65 each, or $13O for the two.
His diploma fee cost $50. All fees amount
ing to $3.50 for the two sessions. His board
for two sessions costs $3.50, or $50 for each.
The entire fees and board costing 1920.
These figures are also official, and show that
the student who goes to the great colleges
of the West saves fully $3.50 in the cost of
frst-cIass medical education. If to this
amount be added that of the increased cost
of travel, it is evident that $4O0 would be
moderate estimate of the amount saved by
him. Indeed, students residing in the New
England and Atlantic States can, by going
to first class medical colleges in the West,
save from 5000 to $3.50 in the cost of a medi
cal education. Surely these great money
facts cannot fail to interest every reader, and
cause him to bring them to the attention of
ali studying or about to study medicine.
Parents and preceptors will, we feel sure,
thank us for this valuable information.
But there are other facts now to be given
of even greater interest; facts which show
that student can not only save $500 in the
cost of his medical education, but that he
can gain one full additional course of lece
lures. That is to say, the student will, in
two courses of lectures, and save also $500.
Among the many new catalogues of medi-
cal colleges recently issued, that of the
Louisville Medical College louisville, Ky.,)
is exceedingly interesting. Indeed, the
facts presented therein are SO important that
we must present them to our readers.
1t Itappears that the Faculty of the Louis
vile Medical College have been also elected
to fill the vacant chairs in the Kentucky
School of Medicine-one of the Oldest and
best medical colleges in this country this
great compliment having been extended to
this Faculty on account of the triumphant
success of the Louisville Medical College,
AS the result, this Faculty teach in the
Louisville Medical College from September
to March, and in the Kentucky School of
Medicine from March to July.
Both of these colleges are frst.class insti"
tutions, both being connected, we see, with
the Association OF American Medical Col.
leges, of which the colleges at New York and
Philadelphia are also members.
From the fact of this Faculty teaching in
these two great medical colleges, there spring
some curious and interesting results.
Students who enter the Louisville Medical
in September or October, can, at the close of
that session in February, at once enter the
Kentucky School of Medicine, which com.
mences its session in March and closes at
the end of June. In the following Septem~
DER or October, these students can again
enter the Louisville Medical College and
graduate in February. Thus having, in
seventeen months, passed three complete
courses of lectures; whereas, IN seventeen
months, any other Faculty can give but two
courses OF lectures.
courses in these two Louisville colleges are,
we see, but $1S7 and his board for seventeen
months but $500, or 1867 for the entire cost
of his medical education, board, and all fees
included.
When it is remembered that in Eastern
colleges the student gets but two courses of
lectures, and has to pay for these $340, with
$3.50 for his board 1880 in alD, 1t will be
seen that in Louisville he gets one full
course of lectures more in the same time, and
saves in fees and travel fully $500 a great
economy Of time, a great savi'ag of money, and
the gaining of one entire course Of lectures.
Indeed, it is evident from the facts and
figures afforded to the public in these cata-
logues, that in no other acay, IN no other city,
and IN no other MediceS Colleges, can a student
in seventeen months obtain three full courses of
lectures and get save IN money fully $500.
Every student or guardian or parent who
reaps these remarkable facts should send at
once for catalogues. It is stated in the cata.
logues Just issued, that all applications for
them should be addressed simply to the Dean
of the Louisville Medical College, Louisville,
KY.
We see that five per cent. of the class are
granted beneficiary privileges.
We also see in the catalogues issued, that
students who desire it will be educated by
the graded system adopted at Harvard, Mas
sachusetts.
One is not surprised to read, after learning
these remarkable advantages offered by this
Faculty, that ninety.ive students have been
graduated by it in the last year.