Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-17

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question, as AN examination of his
letters To the commission OF De-
cember 81. 1920. January II. 1921.
and january 20. 1921. in all of which
! he discusses this very question. will
disclose. In fact. tn. University ad-
vocates regarded him as one Of their
supporters. but, after a bare ma
jority Of tho commission had
reached the Richmond conclusion
DR.. Pritchctt concurred. In his case
there had been no long interval OF
time between the expression Of his
first and last opinions. and. there
fore. he cannot plead that a com
pletc change Of circumstances had
caused corresponding change OF
opinion.
In this Bulletin. which comprises
In large part what the lawyers call
an CT post fnctO record. made up OF
letters written subsequent to the
report OF 81 majority Of tho com
mission, are found four letters from
professors OF the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA (all written after the
commission had actcdD. advocating
the Richmond position. Would 1t
not have been faircr to have stated
that the commissi had before il
letters from Or. William Pepper.
dean of the Medical School Of the
University OF Pennsylvania. and Dr.
Edward Martin. OF the same institu-
ton. both strongly advocating the
position OF the University.
DIR. y. i. Colwcll. secretary OF
the Council of Medical Education
and Hospitals Of the American Med
ical Association. upon the basis OF
whose official inspection once every
two years the medical schools OF
the country are given their rank
ing. has recently written express
ing his opinion upon the clinical
material and the method OF using
1t in medical teaching at the Uni
vcrsity Of Virginia.
No man in the country is in such
close touch with medical education
nor better qualified to express an
authoritative opinion as to the rel
alive efficiency of clinical teaching
in different schools. DR. Colwell's
letter removes all doubt as TO the
adequatcness OF clinical material
available for use at the University
of NirginiN and his high praise OF
the Cnivcrsity's medical school can
not be overlooked. DIR. Colwell
bases his opinion upon five inspec-
tons of the medical department OF
the University since 1907.
He says that the hospital clinical
material is entirely adequate and Is
used TO an extent and thorouEhncss
that are fully satisfactory. In
fact, in the various surveys of med
ical colleges the inspectors had fire.
pucnt occasion to suggest to other
institutions that they adopt the
methods OF clinical instruction fol-
nj, ,.t.
Medical Department."
The vital question in this matter
is, whether or not the best interests
OF medical education in Virginia re-
Guire the retention OF the Medical
School at its present location or its
removal TO Richmond. Both the ma
jority and minority members of the
com mission agree upon a single
Statc-supported Medical School, un-
der the direction of the University
Of Virginia.
The following facts are nstruc-
tive. are much more valuable than
theories or distractions. and strong
ly support the University location:
Cd Rush Medical College has
been affiliated with the University
OF Chicago since 1899. There the
nrst two years of the medical course
are given at the University on the
south side of Chicago and the last
two at Rush Medical College. on
the west side. In close proximity
to Rush Medical College and offer
ing unsurpassed clinical facilities
arc the Cook County Hospital. with
twenty hundred beds. and the
Presbyterian Hospital. with four
hundred and thirty-onc beds. The
latter is directly controlled. because
the stan OF the hospital is made ND
of the faculty of Rush Medical Col
lege and 1t is under board OF
directors in complete sympathy with
Rush. Rush also has free use OF
the county hospital. because all de-
partments are represented on it's
staff and holds clinics there
Despite these tremendous clinical
facilities. the University OF Chicago
is now preparing, at an expense Of
S5.oOO,00 to move the clinical years
To the University Campus on the
south side, there building small
hospital OF $50 beds to begin with
and depending upon this solely for
clinical instruction. There is no
considerable dispensary or walking
material on the south side. owing
to the geographical location OF the
university. distant from the con-
gcstcd area OF the city. such as sur
rounds Rush, nine miles away from
the campus.
The Central Free Dispcnsary. un-
der the absolute control OF Rush.
and used exclusively for teaching
purposes, last year treated over Co.
900 cases, yet the University of Chi
cago is voluntarily abandoning these
magnificent hospital and dispcnsary
facilities because convinced that for
the purposes of medical education
much smaller number of patients
carefully studied in n hospital en-
tircly under the control OF the Med
ical College offers far more benefit
To the students than the vastly
greater number not subject to this
system.
President II. =. Iudson. OF the
University OF Chicago. says in stat
ing the reason for the change: "a
Medical School and a University are
inseparablc."
CD Columbia University, in New
York. has been considering for
number OF years the removal OF it's
medical department TO Broadway
and l65th Street. now consisting OF
buildings located on West 59th
spirit-a spirit OF thoroushness In