The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-25
THE NEW BUILDING OPENED.
IN Evening Of OratOry al the University
College Of Medicine.
gR. E. Y. VALENTINES FINE ADDRESS.
pY. Stuart McGuire Makes s'i'''"s
speech. Dealing win Topics OF Deep
Tntcrest.-Addrcsses ofDrs' Ed"ar"s'
Gordon. and Hodges

,tre .upbiihCatIc of the 1hiF'iai'S w
49,. 80 Medicine last night TO paric'pate
ID, ,he corroonics incident 20 opening oil
,.o noe, bYiid,nes Of tho college, which
- onfv recently been completed al
,,a corner of Twelfth and Clay streets
The smphitheaire was crowded 10 IT'S
riu capacity. many being compeHed 10
sand and the able speeches made "ei0
-ecei,od with the most hearty dppidu'0.
upon the platform. which was oeauun'u
o',b palms and chrysanthemums' "eio
seated Dr. Hunter Mcclure presioeh' oi
,be college. who presided Rev. Dr' 1io''9
d uoee. Mr. .. V. valentine, br' s'uon1 nS
rfr.uir,. DR. Landon h. Lo"aio9 anu
Dr. rs. $ Gordon ,.. .ho fair
Among the audience, in "il0" Wy -
eox prcdominated. seals ,bo COL
..r tbo nurses of the hospital or 'ic ~
,1 ,yben they entered in a pooy
s.'r ,eaf dresses and natty hilie c"pS'
~ sf,,Icnfe chccrcd them NochciOus's
"a ,fr valentine. I'm his speech eFoAtu
f,ud apniausc by numerous rei,ieliOO0 ~
tho pretty little nurses. ..s
A., cvcoicnt band enlivcned the proceed
frrs bv discOursing music az appropriate
nr Hunter Mcclure inaugurated the
,,or.f.ee bv introducing Dr. Hoge. re
nae" said Dr. Mcclure, 'coninou.,
,,ore 10 tho advancement Of this inslliu-
ro, ,robablv. than any other man. go
.rrnrgb mere form when l introduce 10
Won ROY Dr. Moses ID. Hoge.
Dr Hoge offered a forvent ana eloquen'
rrsvor. invoking the DRESSINGS ol 'lo -
michty upon the insutullon' nn" Wv
mon who are entrusted with its drecuon'
MIR. VALENTINES ADDRESS.
nr NcGuire then presented TO the au-
li.nce Mr.. IT, Y. Valentine, "a man WIN,
,ou su know as an orator sculptor anu
artist , .,.,,h entbu-
st..tic applausc. After a graceful intro-
drction to his remarks, and enumerauns
tho distinguished physicians Of tho past
and their achievements nc salu'
SPLENDID PROGRESS.
.Just around the corner here was IN. T,
a.ar old Virginia school for BOYS Oh OF ~ -
1f,,,,fr late professor in the Medlcal ~.
80. off Virginia. / was pupN Va
.rd many an hour have / speht III pc 80
ir,, handy iu this Eleventh street ~ tne, "
"a quiet place. ana pul.V ~, which your
Where the street now runs on WIFI 10
.,. hoepital is built there WaNcu Wy, 1.
.hecp mint jimson weed ana poh.,o,, ~
bush The latter I Will have oCsa9iol
lion later NUWf Wv
deur for "a whole square ON thiS .'1-'t,, anu -
t-t t1orine. streets stands the university
t-olIrre of Medicine Win lls tcd.,0'' 100
iahorttorics and excellent appolhtlllel. H.
..,yhat splendid progress has beeii Hl93Jto Hl3t
a.. t,tL ~ our n1edical institutions ~ TINS
eitvf Allow me To- give you "a plctuio IA 45
mv student days No anatomy ae ny no,,
Medical College OF Virginia Wn'OH H.
rivals in every respect the Dtat lh ~ ~
eonth N was roy custom TO atteno the
-,trrica1 clinic and see the masters Oh lh,I
day. Drs Gibson and fetcolast vP,s' az, ~
Thev were masters, but ohiy It'vtu 't ~
modern improvements 10 hl"hN '"N''
more effective. ., ,,,,
.-rhe patient entered the operating room
,,.itbont helm or was borne in by dtttnd-
ants. The resident stuaeht ndG l,l ,nd
him with "a bottle of chioroioIm n anu
-uonee and then came a colOreo haii
with "a case of surgical instruments; an
OF the disagrecabie scenes OF adlliHlstci
intr the anacsthctic We're gone thI"uSh
,,'fth 4, tha Dresence of the class. Ihe
operation was almost always successlui
hut the men OF that time ddItu Hot @ @uH,
dcrtake what is now ptrloIhltu tuDiI @ a.-u
in tbis university at this day. j beg you
~ ,er,oroher that the percentage OF death
be- smaller. Notwithstanding the d"ilh5
operations performed. ttt t
Now. There are some Things Wil,u ~
Vrcinians know. among them that w asi-
ingtou as "a boy. with hatchot I'M nand'
chased "a squirrel mp to the top OF the
arch of the Natural Bridge, that hlng
powhatan had such hard Ioot thal'
when angry at Smiths escape, he made
an impre-eiOn of 10 in the rock which
cam now hc seen 90 historic Powhaian'
iust below Richmond. and that Sir walter
Raleigh spent night ln the Ola stone
house ON Main street. arose, took Julcp,
fhen "a breakfast of eora. Lynnnavcn bay
oysters and beaten biscuits. Ihese thlhss
they all know but some others they 90
not know. and Z Will name some or theh
"First Richmond has az present SIX
I...I.I#nI. ID U-.TTlT. and ClIIitHNIG
institutions.
second To has two medical colleges
and more than fao students.
"fhird. The University college OF Medl-
cine has more students and is the larEest
institution of the Kind in the South that
receives no state aid.
POKE BERRY JUICE.
"But lst us now go from this beautiful
ayenu. which. With thc building was de-
signed lv our Richmond architects.
Messrs. Nolan and Easkcrvill. into The
operating room OF this institution. a hall,
properly lighted from the top as well as
The sides with rows Of chairs. from which
a view can hc bad of the work which is
being done. Enclosed 10y am iron railing
is tho latest Eiass-covcrcd table. supported
Dos iron legs. The chiOroform has been ad-
muistered lu au adjoining room. and
the patlcnt is nOisclcssy wheeled into the
arena. Then the most body searching
operation is performed. But / promised
ynu 90 say something of tho poke berry
NNMI. ANNtf NNNINn NlihNNN hnflIH'iNfr
like Druds with gown ana cap. the sur
nr0n his assistants ana pretty little
nurses commence washing their hands as
th0uch they had never washed them he
fore So cleauly are these modern sur
acons that if ID knife drop on the floor
they will not pick 70 up for fear Of pollu-
non. How different in thc olden time.
The students used 10 cut Off chew OF
tobacco with their dissecting knives. for
there were no microbes them. or they
had had their fanes cut out And there
b. the stcr.lized water in the Jafs, the
sponres. the handegcs the anti-serm pre-
variations and above an and fetder tnan
am the per manednate nf potash. 1he
students from the rural districts Will
acree with me that this crimson United
-'ner rnaneanate of potash ie. I'M color
AZ least AS GOOD q specimen Of poke berry
juice as one could wish TO see. wish
had 20 bottle of 30 here. for the audience
would confirm what ] say. "Por manga
nate ot potash indeed \ round-ahont
way OF saving poke berry juice Wen
whatever 80 is ID seems to De the man
reliance of Che modern surgeon, the dead
they wash thcir hands SO faithfully with
81. I understand 10 an now. when ! was
school boy my companions and ] used
20 smear Our faces with the juice Of the
crimson berry in order 90 transform our
selves into savage Indians. This poke
hcfrvv, the c1i0rne tOr pickles and food
for eat birds, was the only use To which
"a was ever pat then. except for face
decoration. And now, I'm my years Of re-
neCtlon I can appreciate the autiscpuc
quality which it possesses. Numbers OF
my old school mates after these many
years are as hale and hearty as i am
no app .rOlCitis or other new diseases