The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL.
THE SUCCESS AcHrEyED mr. TINE
VIEW MEDICAL SCHOOL.
Thesumber OF Matriculstes IL Already Over
aHundrsd.-The Property Secured and
the Buildings Ronodeied sinceJuiy.


Since mention was lest made Of ths
work Incident to the opening OF the new
medical school. known as the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons OF Richmond.
Va. the enrolment Of students has stead
lily been going on. the total number Of
matriculates having reached one hundred
and two
This success is Tar beyond the sxpeeta-
ton Of everyone, in view OF tho shortness
Of time since It's incorporation, added 20
the financial difficulties under which even
the older schools have labored this fail.
This means $4,000 or more brought to the
city TO be shared by all classes OF trade.
This estimate made on the small basis OF
$500 10 each student per annum Is trifiing
in its advantages to Richmond when COM
pared to the ultimate fruits to be reaped
from the influence OF the hundreds OF
graduates who will be sent out from this
college with an attachment for their
Alma Mater and pleasant memories OF tho
place In which they obtained their degrees
These young men. when graduated, will
return to their homes az advocates OF
Richmond. missionaries entering fields
all over Virginia. North Carolina and the
south 10 Nltlu an luliutilCe IN ctCn NDth~
munity for the good Of the place which Is
his own choice for trade and business
The new college win not hurt the old one,
and will lot interfere with its work. but
will rather result i'm It's upbuilding
Hundreds OF young men from the South
pass through Richmond annually for
Northern medical colleges. especially Bal
timore. who Will stop here when the two
institutions working with friendly rivalry
shall establish for this city reputation
as medical educational point Nine
tenths Of medical graduates go 20 the
/ small towns and to the country, and they
will each become an advocate OF the city
where he received his professional eduoa-
ticn. The hundred students who have so
| quickly gathered 90 this new institution
cine largely from Virginia and North
| Carolina. South Carolina Is well repre-
serted, and nearly every Southern State
has sent her students here. This large
class, gathered in a few months, 10 ON
omen that two or three hundred will be
| present next year.
| 1t was only the 29th OF last July that
tho Lancaster property occupying the
| square on the north side OF Clay oetveep
| Eleventh and Twelfth streets was secured
Since that time the faculty have remod-
eled the building and arranged ample
lecture and laboratory rooms for the ono
| hundred and two students. An anphl~
| theatre costing 5000 Is now being built
for chemical lectures, anatomlc al demon
stratious and surgical operations, and win
be I'm use in about three weeks; Yale opera
chairs have been ordered, and the spcin-
| cations for the most improved aseptio
| sur gicai equipment for the operating
room have been sent on.
| The other improvements contemplated
| for the near future are two or more
lecture rooms. with seating capacity
for 300 students. These viii be built in
ample time FOR next session.
The following additions and changes
have been made In the faculty within the
! last few days: Or. John +. Winn, CORES
| ponding secretary OF the college, and
| formerly adjunct professor OF obstetrics.
has been unanimously elected professor
OF diseases of the nervous system; and
| Or. Edward Mcclure. who formerly occu-
pied this chair has been elected professor
OF diseases OF women.
The free dispensary for the sick poor.
located in the rear OF the college on
| Twelfth street and also the dental
inhrmary, are both filled every day with
deserving patients. This dental derart-
ment is new and much needed enter
prise, and those who are fortunate enough
TO reap the benefits as patients speak n
the most favorable terms OF the quality
Of the work gratuitously done for them
The Virginia State Hospital. conducted
under the auspices OF this new colleg'
| and located at the corner Of Eleventh and
Clay streets IS rapidly filling up with
| patients A numt er yet 20 come In from
| various parts Of this and other Southern
states are held back until the completion
| Of the ee stern side Of the building. where
several new wards and the large amphi'
theatre are being erected This work viii
be finished in a short time
The following is the medical and surgi.
cal staff OF the Virginia Hospital:
Surgical-PTOfcssOr Hunter Mcclure
Professor Hugh NJ. Taylor Professor
Stuart Mcclure, Professor j. ALLISON
Hodges.
Medical-Pofessor Thomas ]. Moore
Professor Landon - Edwards, Profcssoi
william S. Gordon. Professor Charles II
! Chalkley
Eye. Ear and Throat Diseases rofes
scr Joseph a. White and Professor join
Dunn.
Genito- Urinary Diseases Professor Lew
| is Wheat.
Diseases OF Women-Professor Edward
! MCGUIRE.
Diseases OF Children Professor Paulua
A. Irving.
Obstetrics Professor George Ross.
Diseases OF the Nervous System-Profes'
sor John r.. Winn.
Diseases OF the Rectum-Professor Jacot
/ Michaux.
Diseases OF tho sldn-Professor w. II
Oppenheimer.
Pathologist-M -. Hoge, Jr.
All correspondence should be addressed
to the superintendent and corresponding
secretary, Or. John II. VIM, 100 east
Clay street, Richmond. Va.