The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-13
THE OLD MEDICAL COLLEdE.
Interesting Meeting of tho Board-New
Professors Elected.


Tho board OF visitors of the Medical
College of Virginia held a called meeting
at the college building yesterday at IL
o'clock. In the absence Of President
Cr,lmp. DR.. J. u. McCaw was made chair
man OF the meeting.
AZ the roll-call the following members
NJ the board answered 70 their names:
DIR. -. W. Lassiter. Petersburg. Rev.
J. Lanerty, ID. D., Richmond; DR.. *.
y Moore, Wytheviiie: Colonel Robert
y. Berkeley, Pulaski; Or. James B. Nc
Cav, Richmond. George b. Harrison,
ESQ. Boyce Or. Herbert NJ. Nash Nor
folk; Or. j. s. Pendleton. Marion; Colo
mel John j. Purcell, Richmond; Wynd-
ham r. Meredith. Esq. Richmond; Or.
Thomas III. Barnes, Elwood; Or. Thomas
Y. Mathews, Manches,e-; DR.. John r.
Baylor Greenwood.
Or. McCaw, In a brief speech, paid n
high tribute 20 the memory Of DR.. j. s.
Dorsey Cullen, the late dean OF the
faculty, which was ordered 10 be spread
upon the minutes.
The title Of Professor William II. Tay-
lor was changed from Professor OF
Chemistry and Pharmacy" 10 Professor
Of Chemistry and Toxicology.'
The resignation Of Or. Wexford as
professor Of diseases Of women and chill
dren. was rendered and accepted. The
board unanimously elected him upon the
recommendation OF the faculty an emeri-
tus professor.
The resignation OF DR.. ]. n. Upshur.
as professor Of materia medica, was also
accepted. Or. Upshur offered his resig-
nation in order that he might become
a candidate for the chair Of diseases Of
women and children. At the request Of
the faculty. however, he reconsidered
his decision, and agreed 10 remain In
the chair Of materia medca, to which
the board unanimously reelected him.
Or. Charles NJ. Shields. the well-known
opthamolOgist. OF this city was unani-
mously chosen to fiji the chair OF eye,
ear and throat. Or. Shields has wide
reputation throughout the State and the
South, and has built up large practice
in Richmond. He Is eminenty qualified
for the position. having been teacher
I'm this department Of the Medical Col
Iege of Virginia for the past ten years.
The candidate for the position against
DR.. Shields was DR.. Angus Behune Pat
terson, OF Atlanta, Ga.
DR.. Patterson was highly Endorsed by
Ex-Governor J. p. Richardson, of South
Carolina. and by many eminent physi-
clans and surgeons throughout the south,
as well as i'm London, England
Dr. ]. w. Long, of Randleman, y. G.,
was chosen TO fill the chair made vacant
by the resignation of Or. Wexford. Dr.
Long is a native Of Randolph county,
n. c. He was born in 1859, and received
his medical education in the medical de-
nartment Of the Vanderbilt University,
Nashville. Tenn, and also in the medi-
cal department of The University OF
Nashville. At the North Carolina State
board OF medical examiners he was
licensed TO practice medicine. Or. Long
has also made elaborate strides I'm the
post-graduate schools OF New York. and
in many Of the celebrated hospitals Of
that city. He is a member, and has been
an officer. Of the North Carolina state
Medical Society. and Of the Randolph
County Medical Society, and also Of the
Southern Surgical and genealogical AS
ISOLATION. The Doctor has been profuse
contributor to the medical literature or
the dav. his articles winning for him
fame as we'll as man Of thought ana
ability He Is one Of the best known
men in the State OF North Carolina, and
IS also widely known throughout the
South.
The chair Of hecteriology and pafhol-
ogv. lately created. was not filled at this
meeting Of the board, the question having
been deferred until a subsequent meeting.
In the meantime. the faculty was In
str,icted TO secure the services OF an
experienced gentleman 10 conduct this
department during the ensuing session.
The faculty are receiving an unusually
large number Of applications for adj
mission next year. The present indica-
tions are that the attendance during the
ensring session will be larger than here
tofore. Work on the hospital Is rapidly
approaching completion. and this ostab-
lshment will afford abundant material
for clinical teaching. and add greatly 10
the value OF the medical course Of in
struction.
The laboratories are already fitted out
and are everything that could be de-