The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-25
years and generations, are Indebted to-
the committee which has released the
cat from the bag.
o1n MEDICAL coI,1EGEs.

cat from the bag.
|
OUn MEDICAL COLLEGES.
Many years ago we were a student
of medicine; but, imagining that we
had everything that we might be
called on to treat in others. VIC aban-
doned the practice OF the noble pro-
fession and have been going about
ever since trying to do good outside
of the ranks Of the men who bury
many mistakes which In a we'll regli-
lated newspaper would be advertised
TO all the world. We feel, therefore.
that we have an inalienable right to
call the physicians into consultation on
"a very important matter, In which the
interests OF this blessed city are d.
rectly concerned. There ought to DO
"a consolidation of our efforts to re-
5lieve the Ills to which all human flesh
is heir. and what we should like to
do Just now Is to advise the conserva-
ton Of our resources, not that one OF
our great institutions Of medicine is
better than the other, but that work
ing together they would be able to
accomplish 1,ore for the community
than if they should try to keep OH re-
volving in their own orbits.
We have in Richmond two medical
schools--thc Medical College OF Nir-
GINA and the University College Of
Medicine. Both are good schools;
neither is as good or as effective as 1t
might be II they would only double
team or pull together in q common
cause. This is why we make bold
to say without prejudice to either that
they ought to join forces and work to-
versity College will not continue its
work after tho present year unless
there shall be consolidation. and thei
support that has been given to the
to make it what it's founders and
faculty woIld like to make 1t. Neither
can be spared; both should be con-
tinued and both can be made all that
cdGIl NOulQ llhCEslo gpe, ana Coulu NC
by union upon any fair basis which
would preserve the rights of each. We
all know how hard 1t is to make the
doctors agree on many questions of
but this is a matter inl
which the community is interested, and
1t Will not be regarded as an inter-
ference with the ethics of the pro-
fession If we suggest that some sort of
modus vivendi be discovered for the
good of both and at the same time
for the benefit OF the community.
There are lots of people in Richmond
who require medical attention, and we
would keep the strong men OF both
faculties in constant occupation.
There must be some plan upon which
the two institutions could be co-ordi-
mated. and that Is what We should like
to see. Both of them are allopathic, and
there is no difficulty on that score.
Both of them have done fine work !;
but neither has been able to do its
best work because Of the Limitations
! OF INC community ana the lack OF
/ financial means Working together,
they would accomplish more for
the town and for the science of
medicine. The umpire is one of the
most despised and forsaken of indi-
viduals, we know. but he has his place
in the economy of things professional
| as well as pra ctical and we could
suggest possibly basis Of union
| which would be fair to both OF our
medical schools without disadvantage
to either. 1t would be a public mis-
fortune il either of the splendid in
slitutions We have had should pass
out of the intellectual and profess
sional life Of this town. Let US keep
them both and keep them together.
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