New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
MEDICAL EDUCATION.
OPENING THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.
ING HALL BY DIR. ROosA-ADDREssEs By THE


an audience representing the medical, clerical
scientific and other professions. 1t was the
occasion OF the Introductory lecture Of the new
NewYork Post Graduate Medical school. whose
faculty and course of study were Published in THE
TRIBUNE yesterday DR.. William A. Hammond pre-
sided and the principal address Of the evening was
delivered by DIR. D. b. ST. John Roosa on /" Medical
New-YOrl-Od and New" and brief speeches were
made by the Rev. Dr. Henry Potter, rector of Grace
Church. DIR. J. Marion Sims and John Bigelow.
There were present on the platform besides
those mentioned. Drs. J. l.. Little, Clinton
Wagner II. G. Pifard f. Il. Sturgis VI. A. Pallen,
Mary Putnam jacob and other members of the
faculty Algernon e Sullivan, and Drs. Darling.
Knapp, Beekman, H. c. Port, s. NJ Smith J. G.
Peters Goodw lie, Hubbard, jerks. of Chicago
Lente Bates Webster. s. o. Vanderpoel. Chamber
lam, Messenger, and many ladies. Selec-
tions were played the organ from
Amber. Johnston. Verdi and MoszkowskI, and
after DR.. Hammond had in few words explained
the necesSt for the new medical school IT. koosa,
the president OF the faculty was introduced. and
spoke III substance as follows:
A, time, little before 1sil, the one medical col
lege OF New-Iork was 50 htie known or was 20 90
tugushed professor could not be directed to II Dy me
rieman 90 Office he went 90 begin his medical
studies Yet was the day of Mott OF Kearney Rog
ere, or GrscOm the elder, ana or AeXander H. stevens,
OF Hosac ana OF Francis. The New York Hospital was
upon Broadway Ia OF Pearlstts grounds covered
b. grass and studded with ancient trees. Tins
surgical and medical centre Of the city.
IN ,nese quiet times ne medical NewYork OF some
nifty years ago there only dispeusary. aud hat
was Freely used by students. There an occa-
sonai l1yItaIVn 70 an operation IN tAe sinai ahPni
tlCaIoln Iue uu.P.i- there were, hO"cscI utli duO
tnumphs IA surgery trumphs nat made American
talk of the surgeons ,iis1 Of those ds5
as long as they talk Of anything
ton, SIMS and Ih0mas Of Immet. Hammond jacob
Hamilton and Bak and sayIe, and many others. wnen
meiical libraries and are quoted at every lecture IN
While we have necessarily lost some Of the restfu at
triOutcs % life IN smlu town, the life among medical
men l. on The whole broader and better thau IT was my
eITs ago. IN hese changes for the better Ncw-IOrK
Eve i'm Der cole Of eIocs sue ms during the a.t wear
unlike her sister medical ciues, taaen sep which
! a gentlemen cannot be defined b. a set Of rules
All che cal wisdom Of the civ is not 60 be found IN
| tue Aew-IOrk Hospital Tue consult z rOoms o. our
pay 5cIans are now hled with paucas from san Fran
CISCO wei from Bound Brook aud Newtown. and
! all are anxious to get away by the first after
| noon Or evening Tram. 4here L. no longer
| a rus IN Hbe on Manhattan Island, since Har-
hS S syeI be pace .o 20 .6 81 m oe
| las become an educational ~ we'll as e9mnlercLil
metropolis In Boston, wnen President Elot wants II
hundred Houst"a GJiIais Ior iarVara CoAegs Ne walks
| down BeacOnst and, without pulling door bell. ne
finds Tie son Of Puritan WAC Will give It, In Phliie
puma tAe nc" provost V the hVeF7y eaIs toseheA the
best representatives, Uf the city 70 ana him Ia the man
agement O MS great charge and he nuds everywhere
/ sympathy aud support III Boston no rcA man can DO
properly buried WAC los not efl some money TO lar
OF iecLnOO-y, and IN Nrw-lorL naif dozen men with
money enough TO eLao% Columbia Toalse an, anu
IA hospta, d. IA one year and do AoI mention New
nave heard New-York accused OF want Of civic pride
BE this accusation jus or not she LAS certainly not ap
prrcated ner great position as place extra &c
ademlc, professional as prefer TO cay for uni
yersly study. FOR example the University OF the CITY,
ter by men whoe5 IDEAS were faf ahead Of
| tneu time, now that her opportunity has come
chooses 10 mug her feeble httle college instead
OF occupying tie fed READY Tor cr IN Aer professionals
Schools OF law ana Leuche III Tue a4Ou % O.AeIs -
her great work or hOiA parents nave Iong SINCE
resolved tnat college boys are better Oh III NeWtayen
| SCHENECTADY. Princeton and WlllamstOWn than IN q
vas cty. CO'umDa Cohese was very ioLh 10 oesh +
scientific scnOOl now " her chief gOrie5 ana she Il
very SOW uueed use ner enormous advantages OI
wealth ana reown tor that when Is her great future
Inc medical scuoo. OF thAt college c9nalhs, perhaps
and We, remains uncOunected Will 1t except IN name,
school OF also outnumDers the undergraduate de-
ptrtny Lille its fame wide units OF the Ma
non New" now mas more thnn TWO thousand medico.
students Her hospitals ana dspensares have increased
medical colleges continue 10 be private and proprietary
insfi,utlons Tueir teachers are | believe among ne
| best OF country ANA worthy OF any country But
Sni.e BOston aud Phiadcipna arc making vast strides
IN improving the Methods Ot instruction, New YORK Is
obliged acG Of endowmens 10 hold on "a the old
pan those who have studied one Two aud three years
| slt upJa tue same OehcHes near tle came lee
lures and crowd the same WaFds o ana sm n1d
one dual ct the end Of three years OF what is IN
some merely nominal study. Graduates III medi-
cine who mere FOR special study, 50 far they
near lectures at ALL thu that gwen 10
act the cnn-es OF the tim" nave not been appreciated
| by tue educated and wealthy people Of New, York
| lose who slOud have tausnt tLem, so far
| rs they nave taken an interest III educational
| matters, II has been chiefly II public schools
| aud colleges, allie professional institutions have
scarcely Dceu observed by them. Medical men have
been rcnlss in educating their elovcitLens upon
- f,er cirrlrlllIlul and IN cresu2 te number of
taeir teachers IN tue colleges. the growth has been
cney top and not at ne foundation ~ the struc
No fundamental changes nave as yet been made
| IA Ne
| what relation our present enterprise with
reform in medical instruction in our city Certainly 10
| mas nothing 40 with undergraduate rcforms How
ever mucn individuals We MAJ Oe interested IN sucn
changes small cause New YORK medical dploml 10
be evidence OF fitness TO PRACTISE lie school when We
nugugatc night mas notAlns 70 do Win TINS suce,
Our iect Is not 20 make more G0ccrs out 10 improve
| those We nave. lApp.&u'tI We propose 70 make
centre IN wAlcn IL ~ Ne po~slD.e os graduate IA
medicine To 1t himself Tor tue detection ana tFt1tnHl
| Of the tnst are not fully discussed IN the
! studies nud lectures OF the ordinary coarse OF
years ia New-lork medical eoles- IL ID true
tue various -uyrcs UPON "ucu oui lrcluIte anu
schools. There is weekly lecture upon most vi :ne
suQJtcts besides, IN the course upon mtucIc, surgery,
more or u, Ich II ayailed or gives the graduate
general knowledge OF what nave come, FATHER unFor-
Bu-aud this out which furnishes reason tor or
exls,enco-tAere l. 20 such knowedge idEA.se as Wal
enable a recognize ana successfully treat many
su rrai"in5 nf rom one IN TWO years when
unfortunately Ony small proportion OF our graduates
are able secure, many subjects practically IN
touched Honest practitioners confess at once, with
much cmburra-s neat, tGeir lacS OF knowlcdgc lnUcl
more OF experience IN many cases. ana, II possible, g
more their existence when they cannot send them 10
men whose opportunities III tAese departments nave
been suit lent. Many Others, equally honest uvng IL
PAGES from large towns seek by means or text
books aud lse OF TIE general action OF
disease to do what hey can but even these must eaye
| mucn untouched II proof or this state
meDt the crowded Ss''G clinics Of the medical col
rses OF small towns There patients are furnished ~
the score or even hundreds, VINO await rom year 10
year tDe arrival Of special professors who have been
| chosen to supplement the regular faculty.
| Many practitioners come 10 New York every year TO
acnuirs the practical knowledge OF diseases called
suecl,l bur winch thcy Ind 20 be very &c eral,
ana OF wiltshire taught very little ia ther diteun
months o. attendance upon lectures nat can 1ley 10
,s NO tnCy iud they