Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-02-04

ated in Burlington and has been helped far possible by
the Importation for short Boston,
still remains that the
in Burlington would be difficult and expensive thing
Bowdch Potter Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine the College
of Physicians and Surgeons New York. spent days
examination of the school, while speaking in the highest Of
the spirit and faculty. weakness
phrase Ihe teaching body closely was
teaching force the Harvard Medical School when
there the CO.'S" words account the isolation and
the involved there strong tendency
organize the teaching staff out the local members of the medical
profession tendency which, with the best Intentions
only by the expenditure large money.
AS to the cost of maintaining under such
conditions only which good
teaching school could be conducted The expenditures
tenance of the school for the last wear were of which sum
$4,000 and supplied from tut
tons will shrink the next four practically appreabe
and the school must rely almost wholly maintenance
endowment which has state support
$4,000 not sufficient maintain the school right plane
Somewhere between $4,000 $4,000
Burlington school university capable giving
medical education adequate the demands penday teaching
This must from the state is to be had ALL
this that probably
the state from five to ten thousand dollars.
justified maintaining developing school
under such conditions and the
directions? by good medical schools to
which Vermont students who study CO.
north of the state Montreal to the east Boston, the south
New Yoan great medical centers and with spndy developed
modern medical schools No matter what the state of Vermont
in the development of school Burlington the bulk of
students who want to study medicine will ought
Places for they there obtain medical education such
possibly be given Burlington when makes all allowances
for the intimate contact teacher and student the small numbers
and for the personal attention. The state New Hampshire
mouth College have recently dealt with this question
to be udciou Dartmouth College, like the University
Of Vermont has for conducted school of medicine that
has subsidized by the state Hampshire Within
present has been decided to the last half Of this medical
and leave New Hampshire free to seek their cnaed
ucon where had best When considers the pressing
Vermont for the development elementary and secondary education
and for placing the public school system under fruitful administration
the expenditure the large develop me
cal school under unfavoabe conditions is hard justify
other of the medical situation needs be referred to-
Vermont has quite far recent the effort to deal with
social problems and have been considered for the treatment of
sick the place to be designated It has been
urged that while medical school might not be justified the
of the small number Vermont doctors who would be educated
might nevertheless be justified connection with state hos
dispensy treating the the state and that
these patients would the other hand furnish the clinical material
for student
argument bear analysis Whether
conduct such clinic for the all the towns Vermont
thing not is itself question for consideration but
clinic hospital to be established perfectly
be conducted at cost which would be bagatee
with the cost of conducting medical school addition
Furthermore evident that the clinical material which would
this would have comparatively little significance
teaching the patients would be nearly all chronic