Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-11-05
The DOCTORS PROFESSION
EXPENSES OF MEDICAL FDUCA.
TON IN NEW YORK.
They Range From 5000 to $f5Oo-
Colleges VIII Make a Man "a Doc
tor in Three or Four Years.


the country and in small cities
that the expense of acquiring a
/. medical education in New York is
serious obstacle to students OF mod
crate means. Nothing could be r,Ire
erroneous. The unequalled advan-
tages which the metropolis affords for
the study of medicine are not accom-
panied by extraordinary expense. To
appreciate how reasonable the expense
of studying medicine in New York is
one must consider that here the stu
dent has the advantage of enormous
hospitals in direct connection with
the leading colleges, where an endless
supply of cases is drawn upon for
clinics conducted by many of the lead
ing physicians and surgeons Of the
country. And in the most expensive
college in the city, where the term of
study is four years, the student can
acquire his medical diploma at total
cost of $500, including board and
lodging during term time, while di-
ploma comforting the SAME degree can
be had after three years at an expense
slightly over 5000.
Women students can be graduated
still more cheGply. 1t is very common
for young women students to club to-
gether and hire fiat where they live
in comfort and are able by doing their
own cooking to keep their expenses
far below boarding house rates. Women
can live in this manner Mt 81 week
al, /,
and occupying flats is almost entirely
confined to women students. however.
One thing the medical student in
New York must not look for to any
great extent is the opportunity to earn
money in the line of his work while
studying, either in his college or else
where. There are few chances of that
sort Now and then student will
get chance to earn few dollars
helping in n drug store, but If he is
not n graduate in pharmacy, as few
are, this will not amount to much.
Here and there wealthy physician in
practice hires II student to help him
about his practice, but there are few
of them.
On this point Professor Charles
Inslie Pardee, M. D., dean of the
medical department of the University
of the City of New York, says :
'There is no provision here for stu
dent to reduce his expenses by earn
ing anything and do not advise any
young man to come here who is
obliged to rely on earning money dur
ing his attendance in order to pay his
way. All the work about the college
is done by experts. Some of our pro-
fessors gave lectures here for some
time before they received any com
pensation. A student here needs his
entire time for his studies. We are
making the requirements of the course
more eXacting year by year, and cal
culating very closely how much time
n student can devote to his work.
Nearly every hour in the day is ac-
counted for, and student who is un-
able to devote his entire time to his
studies is in danger of being unable
to pass his examinations. The stu
dents have five months in the year to
themselves, and it is then that they
should earn what money they require
to carry them through the course. "
Twenty years ago young man en-
tered Bellevue College. He lived at
cost of 81 week all through his course.
Ele hired II room for ST. % week, and
lived on boiled ham, with an occasional
dietary diversion in the way of po-
tato. He would buy half ham, boil
it in n kettle he brought with him
from his home, keep it sweet by hang
ing it out of his window in winter and
in somebody's refrigerator in warm
weather, and on this alone he lived.
Once in while he would buy loaf
of bread when his appetite craved
variety. In summer he had job in
the country, and earned more money
than he spent in the winter, so that he
made money taking the year as IL
whole. His home made diet seemed
to agree with him, for he left the in
stitution as stout as he entered it, and
that meant a weight of over two hun
dred pounds. Now he has an indG-
pendent fortune, has for years en-
joyed practice paying several thou
sand dollars u year, and has been Mayor
of his home, u city of interior New
York.
At Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege the course is three years, each
college year consisting of one term OF
twenty-six weeks, with intermisslons
at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Stu
dents who have not also studied with
a practicing physician for one year
have a special course provided for
them-an extra spring term of twelve
weeks. They are required to take the
spring term, but many other students
take it from choice, on account of the
excellent advantages for quizzing it
affords The fees at Bellevue are
First year, matriculation, So; dissect.
ing ticket, $40; fee for the course,
$50; total, $lG5. Second year, matri-
culation, 50; disseeting ticket, SO;
fee for the course, $50; examination