The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-30
Medical College Of Virginia One
Of the Most Widely Known
Schools III the South.
HAS EVERY ADVANTAGE


j by a Board of Visitors, who are appolhn.s
4 "a BY Tie Governor OF the State. These
4 visitors select the faculty OF the coiiese'
1 and It's affairs and teaching mathods are
4 subject to the supervision OF tho gentle
men who constitute tho board
4 The advantage tho state medical school
has over a private or proprietary school
l1s best expressed by the following auo-
tatfon from The presidential ADDRESS OF
| pr. Frank Billings before ths American ~,
! Medical Association journal or me
| American Medical Association VOL ~
ma &c 1275y. medical education must adj
vance to its proper level1if itlcomplies
N, tho present status of@the medical
! sciences and the demands which con-
liinued evolution In medicine promises.
| what does this imply? IL means That
the private the proprietary y medical
| school which is conducted for commercial
lreasons must CO.. . X
Second. 1t WAS the first school IN the
! state to adopt q four-year graded course.
and has been foremost In many other
| improvements n
Third The standing OF the alumni! OF
the Medical College OF Virginia is shown
by their marks before the State Exannin-
ing Board, their positions on the teaching
STATS OF various medical colleges, and
Their success as practitioners or medlclne.
AS an instance OF the prominent POSI-
lion they occupy as teachers OF medicine
Eihe medical colleges OF Virginia Furnish
abundant proof. Among tho faculty and
adjunct faculty OF the University college,
OF Medicine there are ten alumni OF tho
Medical College OF Virginia; on the teach
Il Ing staff OF the Medical College ofibVir-
Rinia there are tWenty-cIght. The dean
OF the Philadelphia Polycllnics Medical
School is a graduate OF the Medical Col-
lege OF Virginia, and former teacher in 4
this institution. This school is also rep
resented In the adjunct faculty OF the
medical department of Columbia Uni
ycrsgty New York.
Since the establishment OF the state
hoard OF Medical Examiners of Virginia,
there has been an average OF only one
and a quarter failures per examination:
this includes, OF course. a number OF
instances in which the same student has
failed two or more times. Even IN these
failures the mark made Is rarely ever
more than one or two points below the
required standard. This period covers the
whole history of the examining board.
The state Board OF NORTH Carolina Is
tho Oldest. and has always teen consld-
cred one of the most difficult State
boards In the LInited STATED, 1t has
been In existence more than thirty years.
Next to Virginia. North Caroifa has fur
nished the largest number OF ttudents to !.
tho Medical College OF Yiaslnia. yet
there are only six failures OF Us alumni
on record before the State Board IL
North Carolina.
The Medical College Of Virginia has
moro practitioners of medic!neNin this
State than any other medical sctnol. Be-
sides the number OF prominent prantitor-
ers in Virginia who claim the MEDICAL
College of Virginia as their alma pater.
there are many who have made repu-
tattons IN other fields. pr. flnon
Barucl1. of New York. tho fathr OF
hydrotherapy In America - a Rrahate
OF the Medical College OF Virginia.
This college Is also well representa- IN
the medical departments Of the q,my
and navy In the navy, there are Jour
alumni who have reached the full gnde
Of surgeon, and rank rs l!cutenanl or
lieutenant commander. number ~ It's y
alumni rank high In the medical GRIPS
/. Of the army.
Fourth. The Medical College yir-
pirlIa has had In Its faculty somdof tire
most brilliant minds of the medicS pro-
Etession. among them: r, BROWN epard.
socrates A1aupin and Charles RclAGih-
son. the great authorities Of theiAday
IN physiology, chemistry and surSery
Fifth. Coming TO the present adm
1ages. there are many which put the Md
teal College OF Virginia IN the front rNk
81 the medical colleges OF America, CHIT
among these is the fact that this colleP
has the exclusive privilege OF ciihse
tenching in the Memorial Hospital. SIh
.inff Of this hospital for botk private and
clinical cases. is selected from the fac,l.\
IN Of the Medical College OF Virginia. IN
is ono OF the most modern and best
tCcuipped hospitals in America, ana vas
constructed and furnished at cost OF
1000 900. 1t has capacity of ono nun
3dred and fifty beds. There are three
GENERATING rooms; tho largest nlnpilltilealre
being equal In construction aug nntsn
10 any operating amphitheatre III f'W
work The partitions are solid, the stais
arc stone and metal. the floors are lag
~, slcepers Of metal. and are double with
j thicI, layer OF asbestos between INA
Guiding is practically frepool. and has,
as an additional safeguard IRON ire es-
J, ,apes All plumbing IS exposed, ana
st-ery modern idea that has been general
ly accepted in hospital construction mas
been adopted, The wards arc ample. and
are omen for the accommodation OF all
classes Of disease s(except chronic and
contagious), aud for the reception OF obs
stetrical cases, such n hospital, In close
affliatIon with tho Medical College Of
Virginia. affords to It's students inestl-
Besides these special privileges which
are, Of course. open only to students In
the Medical College OF Virginia. we have
equal rights in the other general hos
pitals In Richmond, as the City Hospital,
etc,
sixth. One. Of the greatest advantages
to senior students is the establishment
In the Memorial Hospital oftan Obstptrl-
cal Department 1t ls well known by
teachers of obstetrics that more can l,a z
taught students from one maternity case
In a hospital than from many cases on
the outside, as on the outside the op-
portunities for watching the progress OF
labor and demonstrating various changes
are inadequate,
Seventh AS one proof Of the hig,
standing of the Medical College OF Vir-
ginla aud IT'S progressive methods, ats
stention Is called to the fact that for
four years tho Medical college of yir-
ginia has been president of the South
ern Medical College Association. This