Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-02

improvements Made In the Bufldfn1
and It's Increased Facilities.

improvements Made In the Buflo1n0
and It's Increased Facilities.
During the summer vacation the Colus-
bian Medical College building has been re-
modelled and Its facilities greatly improved
Electric light has replaced the gas every
where cane chairs with arm rests. have
replaced the time-honored benches of the
amphitheater. large. well equipped lee
ture table, with pneumatic trough and fums
chamber. for convenience in experimenting
with disagreeable gases. has taken the
place of the smaller reading desk m the
lower lecture hall. The student of anatomy
will find here such comfort that the study
OF the skeleton. muscles and nerves will
appear to him delightful pastime
The chemical laboratory has been fitted
up anew throughout with desks with draw
ers and closet, each under separate lock
and key for the individual student The
workers are provided with a set of reagents
ana all the apparatus for determining the
properties of those substances with which
he has TO deal
A New Dfssectfng Room.
An entirely new, commodious dissecting
room has been added. Ii is well lighted by
means OF shyhghts and over each table are
suspended several electric lamps SO that
as good results can be secured by night az
by day. Another new room has been set
where
use OF new and the most modern mani
klns- the student can learn the art of BAN
oaglng.
large room has been fitted up as q read
ing room ana library, where the student
Will nave an opportunity TO read the cur
rent medical literature and consult stand
ara works. The room formerly used for
dissecting has been remodeIed and arranged
Tor histology and bacteriology There are
number Of working tables for the indiyid-
uaL all provided with lock and key and
yer e .a an electric lamp to furnish a
good hight FOR work with the microscope
An eNcellent meteorological outfit has been
secured, including a number of new micro-
scopes. with the best oil immersion lenses
Nashfngton's Advantage to Students
BY recent act Of Congress medical STU
dents at any Of the colleges I'm this District
are allowed the privileges and use of all
the government collections and laborator-
les in the District Of Columbia. The STU
dents OF the Columbian Medical College OF
course share these advantages AmcnG
these Is one OF the most celebrated libraries
III the world, the library Of the surgeon
generals office, Army Medical Museum. II
Is the most complete OF aus KIND contain
ing many rare and valuable medical books
and all the current literature
The laboratories OF the Departusnt Of
Agriculture. especially those for bacterio-
logical and for physiological chemical re-
search. are well equipped. and Of especial
realizing the importance Of a more thor
ough and careful training demanded by the
ADVANCE OF modern medical science and the
necessity Tor extensive laboratory instruc-
tion, the faculty Of the college have recent
~ extended the course TO four years. The
student by this arrangement, can better
grasp ana understand the subjects r.r-sent-
Cd TO MIN, as he will have more time for
collateral reading and experimental and
hospital work. The four years course is a
great advance. IL is a step which has re-
cehuy peen taken by other large colleges In
the country, as Harvard and the University
Of Pennsylvania