New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
CDRNELH.S MEDICAL COURSE.
A CATALOGUE PRESENTING IT'S ApvAN-

A cATArOGUF PRESENTING IT'S ADNAN-
rArEs TO BE ISSUED IN A FEW DAYS
rba Cornell University Medical College, recently
established IN this city, Will In fe~ DAYS lss"e
its catalogue for the hrst year OF instruction whcn
will open on October 4 II will show stan OF IN
st-uctlon OF about seventy members mace w ~
follows. Faculty. 20: clinical professors ano o'he'S
.. i,e,ruc,ors II. clinical assistants - and stan
~ instruction al the University for the teaching
Of the first two years Of the course. dupnos'eo ~
Ithaca about twenty. The duplication OF ms" u0-
ton OF the preliminary branches al the Chi'e's'T
In Ithaca is given in order that students oes"'hs
to Obtain academic degrees from Cornell may pur
sue the Ana part % their academic course al
Ithaca IN the study OF these branches. coming 10
the New-York school for the completion o. thsn
medical course
In a special notice at the beginning % the oata-
logic me trustees announce the fouhdihR ol lno
Cornell Medical College as follows: The creation
Of a medical department OF Cornell University
which had long been contemplated by tho trustees
was determined by the sft 10 the University TOT
that purpose OF funds ample for the construction
OF the necessary plant and the support OF the de-
partment In addition. the University was able
TO secure a faculty composed Of men who have been
associated for many years in carrying on the med-
ca department Of another university. ana JOIN
with them a number OF other physicians and sur
geons connected with important hospitals 30 that
the college begins with equipment % experience
and clinical facilities that Is unsurpassed. Upon
this basis Of men and material. the University con-
hdeniy expects TO create a department that VIII
take equal rank with any"
The announcement continues: The buildings that
have been obtained for temporary use during the
construction Of own have long been IN use for
the sal purpose" These are the LOOMS Labora-
tory which may eventually be given outright by
ts trustees to the new college. and a neighboring
building The medical col eye has the privilege.
also, OF using for instruction portion Of the
city Dispensarv belonging 10 Bellevue Hospital. ana
where upward Of fifty thousand patients recciv"
medical treatment each year. Plans for the now
block and will be situated not far from the Loomis
La laboratory and the Bellevue Hospital In East
SXteenth-st
The hospital facilities for instruction excel
lent Cornell University IL entitled 20 utilize for
teaching purposes the great quantity and variety
Of clinical material gf ne beley1e city Me-
house Incurab es Randals Island, Lying-ln and
Fordham hospitals. In addition. the students are
hospitals and dspensaries. upon the visiting STAINS
OF which members OF the faculty are Represented.
Among these are the New-York and Presbyterian
hospitals. NewYork Eye and Ear lnhrmary Or
/ thoppdc Dlsponsary and Hospital Skin and
Cancer Hospital and Hospital for Contagious Dis
eases The RICH. OF appointment OF students 10
nearly every important hospital in the city and u
entity Is also enjoyed.
The number OF students who have applied for
admission the different years Of the course is.
! according to the catalogue announcement. suf-
ncient 10 insure full get OF classes the outset.
that only Will the organization be complete.
but the work will be carried on In all IT. details,
and students who enter the advanced classes will
ORGANIZED and active school. over four hundred
have registered TO date In all classes
The college has afforded the opportunity OF
nstitutng important and long-desred
course Will be especially distinguished by the pre-
ponderance Of clinical bedside teaching given in
city and b. the system Of textbook recitations
t!nued into the fourth year.