Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
MAKES PLEA FOR U. VA.
AS MEDICAL SCHOOL SITE
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cam properties temporarily available
20 hospioti ANA other uses. These
properties are alleged to he worth
ire" Of existing mortgages around
s'"V.oO0. Economy tx "A good thing.
but the irucst economy Is porrnancn;
efficiency. and our claim is that these
properties are not conductive TO
permanent efficiency with any true
vision bcfor. the medical school ur
the university. some OF them would
have 10 be torn down. or rebuilt. ana
the whol" rc-relatcjl To It's parts the
L" cost of an adequate pcrman-
'h' biaht being about great ~ enc
plat" as the other. For 100000 or
100000, II trivial sum in such "a great
matter. there would he developed at
III" university. on the existing basis
a clinical plant. suitable for the COM
b!n"d schools. far more effective.
permanent and satisfactory In every
way Ana this does not take into
consideration the decisive fact that
ii is impossible ever to reproduce in
Richmond Il? amy expenditure that
Shich already exists hcrc-univcrsity
laboratories, libraries. workrrs and
spirit TO take this fatoful step on
such basis would be simply to Ak
a sort of stauda rdiZcd price FOR the
transwcr "f university Department.
To surrender AN educational BIRTH
right for mess Of real estate ppttayc
for similar BIDS on similar bases
might well be pu, in for tho removal
of the de phrjm"nts OF law. engineering
commerce. and finance. and the UNI
rcrsit in time reduced TO mere aca-
dcmic shell. II the value OF certain
prorcrti.s IL TO be the criterion Tor
such action. ordinary busIncss Rcumcn
would suggest opening the matter to
comp"titiy. bids for some other city
might offer twice as much as the al
legged value of these properties. and
the reasons for removal would he thus
increased 100 per cent II the offer Of
even sj.O0o.0oO were made 20 remove
the law echoUl. for example. 10 some
city or other location. ana n Just
educational basis for such removal ala
not exist. the acceptance of the offer
would u" simply 10 swap i.- much
money that which mucn money can
not buy
tunnot Give Infrrior Training.
"'rh" need 81 country doctors is
vaguely alleged as u reason for this
decision THAT need exists ana must
DO supplied. By "a country doctor. |
do not mean an inferior doctor. pro
ducch by inferior educational pro
cnsses. 30 Institution. least Of ali
tn" University uf Virginia could de-
lihrrntcly, without suicidal intent, set
out To give inferior training for inrc-
ripr services TO neglected regions.
Tho country deserves and needs Ia.
best there IL. The progress Of rural
development. the rise of new and bet
st -.
use Of tn" community uurs. must ni|
In this great social development. but
any medical school must Keep it's
aims high and maintain it's stand
ards Mcdiocr!ty in medicine Is
triNing with life ANA death. a well
as the economic welfare OF tn. State.
Any profession which has blessed the
world In onc-half century with ascp-
sis, scientific sanitation. and anacs-
thcsla. should he established and
nurtured with the highest wisdom OF
the state. Why medical school. OPP
Grated by the university az Rich
mond. could produce country doctors.
and medical school. operated by
the university on it's own grounds.
could not. seems 10 lack reason
"The assertion that dentistry an6
pharmacy should he operated by the
university al Richmond. rather than
at the university, is confidently put
forward as "a vital reason wig TINS
radical step should be taken. Tho
unity OF these two departments and
the inviciability OF their relations To
the Medical School at Richmond
seems 10 hhlh larger in the though;
OF tho proponents OF removal than
the unity of.thc Medical Department
| Of the University and it's relation to
the undivided institution. This as
sertion. too. viii not stand the test
OF analysis. These departments are
Of the highest value 10 the state. in
deed necessary To the public welfare
aud the state should rrovid. ndc-
Gnately for them. They do not now
exist at Cha rlottcsvillc ana do exist
= III have done high service at Rich
-iond. Trnditicnllly il was though;
hat these departments could do their
work apart from "a medical school
They are generally lf-supportirg.
Naturally they began to oNis, in a
university which needed all of it's
FUNDS to maintain the larger field
Hence Richmond occupied that field
and can well continue so to do until
Il better situation can he brought
about. My own judgment il hat both
OF these services should be brought
W 'i'' 'f'' 'iS DptTdltu mere.
which can. in time. lie perfectly well
done. Dentistry is an increasingly i'm
portant part Of medical science and
should be closely related to a medi-
cal school within university. where
the atmosphere and discipline OF uni
versity life would be OF inestimable
benefit to the dental student. Pharm-
acy really belongs. too, in close al
| lance with it's hasic college sub
Jccts-gencral chemistry, organic
chemistry. analytical chemistry, bot
any etc, within university. where
practical clinical services can easily
he established. AT the University OF
North Carolina. situated in Il small
village, siXty-eight students attend
the School of Pharmacy. and the re-
suits are completely satisfactory.
Clinical Training Claims.
There remain only the general
claims that clinical subjects like oh
stctrics. orthoncdics. and pcdiatrics
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