The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE.
,.ND THE CHARITY HOSPITAL
ATTRACTING ATTENTION..
Matter Talked About by Public
solrlted Business Men-A Consensus of
o,ioion from Prominent Physicians.

49,. orospcct o. having a charity hospi-
..5 new medical college IN Richmond
20 ~. OF the matters Of great public in
... in this city. and philosophical
sneak I'm most commendable terms OF
..,, enterprise. i saw Dr. Hugh Nj.
- Dr. Jacob Nichaux. DR.. Paulus
80 and Mr.. T. j. Taylor yesterday
- ference 20 the matter and a concen-
81 their opinion is as follows:
-,. outlook FOR securing in Richmond
,.-.s charity hospital was never as
90, ass at this time. We have never
., .s much interest manifested, and
.... are being fast educated as 10
Id f.- aud mission Of such an IN
... The city OF Richmond cannot
s., tfau help in a small way IN this
.- frr The thirteen c0mmittees-the
.+.r.-arc not only some OF our
.,.en physicians but most promi-
r..-..e men. The city and state
tf and we are sure viii IN uine'
....'... ta the support Of such a hospi-
..u ts once started on a large scale.
a. ,,.-t must be made by the people
3D.. win have an opportunity 20 90
.ra thirteen committees VIII can
.Ify this week This work means
r- pirhmond-a charity hospital
..-.. scale and n medical school aiso
f.-r. scale. Few people appreciate
a.. ,.ire 9f medical school 70 CITY
louisville. Ky. there were sixteen
$50 medical students in the four or
..H.4l schools. Sixteen hundred
..p..l students means the payment OF
e.. in fees per annum. and the Cosl
~ u.fre in that city means an amount
,..-. frroo or four times N09Vp' one
s.r-. iD Baltimore had five hundred
-..r...1 students. There are four or nFe
,r.H..I schools in Baltimore. one-hl IN
20 DBL. Graduates 81 the above mentioned
s.t..r fn Baltimore were from virginia
and probably 30 per cent. or all the s'u-
darfs were from the South. Inc men
educated in Louisville and Baltimore DC
l...a identified with the interests OF those
cities From 1900 20 1000 medical SUI
dents pass ms hy every year 10 spend lneli
time ana money in the Northern ci'ieS'
w.. .torI5 afford them educational advan-
t.r.s ut home Hundreds or meulcd' alu
srrrical cases are sent North every year
en-, tho South because we have no large
charity hOenitals. The Northern cues
trr5 the large hospitals, and we send q
LARGE proportion Of the patients, ana they
attract tho students from the South.
uf.bnord has been unfavOrably adver-
tsed ae having a high death rate. Every
rhvsician knows this IS partly accountaple
far hv the fact that we have no good Tree
t.enital 20 which we can send patients
who cannot he cared for at their boarding
boreo and homes. Hardly one OF the
1 e10 practitioners I'm the State but VINO
bae nn3cr his care one or more patients
whose Nfo health and usefulness might ne
rrolonrod by treatment I'm a large hospi-
I'M bv epocialsts. The number OF ap.
raafe in behalf Of such patients recelVeu
f.r accommodations IS astonishing III me
business mon Of Richmond would WISH
some OF the hospitals of the Northern
cifirs. ospeclally the Johns Hopkins nos.
initial Of the city Of Baltimore. they Wou'o
Coo that such Institutions would throw q
qroot deal Of money into circulation, by
ybich an Will be benefited. Some OF our
business men have recently visited THESE
institutions and have become Thoroughly
convinced Of the great commercial Dene-
III derived from them.
OPPORTUNITIES will be given 20 friends OF
tre institution 20 endOw wards, rooms or
cots for "a moderate sum- when Wouio De
moro durable than monuments OF marble
aud granite. l.,
While the mission and work Of the In
ftituuon win Doe 20 a great extent from
charity. provisions will probably be made
IN accommodate those who are able ana
wish 20 pay for suitable accommodations.