The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-08

given as seemed adapted to the needs of
the pFols ssional and non professional stu
dents.
Medico legal points have also been IN
cidentallY discussed As occasion demanded,
and post nz0,zrm examinations have been
held ID presence Of The class.
Such, IN brief, IS the character and kind
Of work being done III the Medical De
partmentsof the UniverStV
Letters are frequently received by the.
professor in this department inquiring #
the University is prepared to graduate.
students in medisine The reply to all
such IS, no.
The standard of qualiflcatisn, requisite
10 entitle the student TO 4 degree n this
IS. in other departments Of the University
will not fall below that established By any
81 the frst-class institutions Of the eouns
try. 49, ygn. s
Although the Regents have taken a
very liberalstepin providing tor the stu
dents of the University instruction in
practical aaatomy and crsatiir tlisAf'aalsas
Of a medical department, it will not be.
until such time as the State Legislature,
lii its wisdom Of individual philanthropy,
shall provide means for the employment
Of such add professors in medicine
as shallibe necessary to constitute a fully.
organized Medical Faculty, that the de-
gree ofsM. D. can Be conferred. Such
time, IT is hoped, IS not far in the future.
Some of the oldest and best medical
colleges in the country had a beginning
precisely similar to that which has been
inaugurated ii West Virginia University.
The Medical Department of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, the Oldest and
still one Of the foremost medical colleges
upon the continent, had its beginning as
school Of anatomy, in Philadelphia,
taught. by DR.. Vim. Shipper.
In 1894 Thomas Jefferson, employed
DR.. Robfey Dunglison 70 teach, in the
University Of Vagina, anatomy, physi-
ologY, materia medica and pharmacy.
This work DIR. Dunglison: cohtindeds to
perform fornine consecutive years when
he was elected to a professorshiP in the
University Of Maryland, land subsequent
" to the Institutes of Medicine in Jefer-
son Medical College, Philadelphia, where
his life terminated, his pens adnrfng that
time, having contributed to the literature
ofmedicine a greater plumber 6f volumes
than that of any other man, living or
dead, Ill. lr<.. "a,
The Medical Department ofthe. Univer7
sity Of Virginia, thus inaugurated by the
election Of DR.. Dunglison TO the chair
aboye named, has had a history of which
Virginians are everywhere proud. Ofthe
many hundreds Of students who1have gone
from its halls to the colleges in the east
Elm cities to complete their medical course,
it was and stillsis. a proverbial fact that no
class Of students from any quarter are
more thoroughly informed in the elements
Of their profession. This is largely due
to- the, fact that the course of instruction
in that institution extends through the
entire University year, and only about
fourteen lectures are delivered each week
by the three or four professors comprising
the Medical Faculty. This arrangement
gives the student ample. time to digest the
subject matter of each lecture and prepare
himselffor satisfactory examinationIupon
the same. Whereas, in most medical
colleges, during a session Of four pr1hve
months, as many as. seven or eight lect-
ures Of an hour each are daily inflicted
upon the student, giving little ONO time
for clearly apprehending and appropriat-
ing the instruction received ls.st
The result of this examining process is,
that great numbers of inaccurately and Jim
perfectly educated physicians are sent out
from such institutions. #
With a very moderate degree Eof fber-
atty upon the part Of the West Virginia
Legislature there is no reason why a Med
ical Department in West Virginia Univer-
sity shall not do for West Virginia what
the same department. in the University of
Virginia is doing for Virginia.
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