Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01
SENIOR STUDENTS WOULD
ENTER RESERVE CORPS
Medical Men Willing ia Join Federal
Service Whenever They
II Arc Needed.
MAY BE GRADUATED At ONCE
College VIII Waive Final ENamina-
ton for Those Having Class Stand
ing of 81 or More if Their Services
Arc Needed by Nation.

K More than thirty members Of the
Esenior class Of tho Medical College of
Virginia have fied applications for en-
Ethe Omccrs' Reserve Corps and will
sentcr the Federal service as soon as
S;they are needed The board of vsj-
stors OF the college las agreed 10 grant
sithcse students their diplomas n amy
tstimc between now and commencement
should these credentials be called for.
81 This privilege OF Immediate gradual
sHtion was extended rs AN emergency
ssmeasure to senior class students whose
Sscollege records have averaged eighty
Five or better. From now To the end
kof the scholastic year tho work. OF
tthese men would Ne chiefly clinical. and
the authorities felt that thcy arc wcll
senough qualified TO take up tile special
government training should th'ir ser
SVices be needed.
[ In the event that tho men arc not
Eat once called into service they Will
4 continue their work Mt tho medical
I college uninterrupted until the end OF
l the year. when they Will graduate rs =
matter OF courS" should evcntnaliticS
make il necessary for the government
:to call on them. they viii go into src
scial training undcr army medical on-
GERS Mt Washington. receiving their
diplomas without further work al the
college.
saIANY CASES TREATED
~ At INDECENT DISrENShWY
Et The Medical college Dispensary. AT
sTwelfth and Clay streets. which takes
care OF tho city's INDECENT ambulatory
I'LL reported yesterday the close Of
one of the busiest months In its his
tory. March has always brought u
large number of cases. this year II
larger number than usual On some
days 100 patients received treatment,
The majority are amhulatory and
call their medical needs can be sup
sDlicd in the dispcusary." said j r. Me-
sCaulcy. secretary Of tho Medical COL
lege OF Virginia, discussing this work
Yesterday. Those needing hospital
I treatment are personally conducted u
-the Virginia and Memorial Hospitals
by members of the Social Service De-
.partment.
homes by tho Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association. The department
Sof tuberculosis, in charge OF Chief
Health officer Levy. holds a daily clinic
IN suite OF rooms in the disponsary.
with alternate days for white and
Ncolorcd patients. Special nurses from
the Health department are i'll charge
OF the nursing in this department.
The clinic for backward school
tchildren is growing 50 rapidly as 10
tax Its capacity. The school nurses
corporate With this clinic. and also
with tho department OF the eye. ear
nose and throat, chudrcn's Diseases
and other departments The dispen-
sary maintains its own clerical and
social service departments through
which 10000 visits annually are han
died and the patients directed 10 Spe-
4 cial departments according 20 the needs;
Of the individual case
t(l'rN.S REST SyI.fI&IyS,rS
DONATE THEIR SERVICES
"A coiorcd girl, fifteen Years old ltv-
ing in distant part Of til. State re-
Gently wGnt completely blind. Friends
ut home raised a small fund for trans
.portation to the dispcnSary and bu:trt,
in Richmond. The ryc specialist order.
ed An examination OF the blood rhn
dispcnSary laboratory reported tho
blood To he diseased TIL. chilli i.
being treated hy the eye specials, IN
consultation with u specials, in dis
ca3es OF the blood. Improvement has
already begun. and there Is :, pros-
poet OF complete recovery.
some Of the city's most eminent
specialists in their respective lines are
in charge OF different departments The
dispensary mas won tn" confidence oil
The people whom I; treats Their. is
|. little evidence OF ANY Superstition OF
fear due 70 the fact tina; /, i n pub
lie clinic
The dispcnsary co-opcrates il. every
l way possible with. al other mcGicitl
and chari,;t+le.- organizations in TN.
I city. il is called Upon for medical and
in many institutions, which II cheer.
asfully gives. II calls Oh many in.it.
i5futions for such special help - ;hcy
can give the dispcusaryS patients. and
nearly always gcls what il asks fpi.'
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