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THIRD YEAR.

Materia Medica.—Three hours of lectures and recitations and four hours
of laboratory work weekly during the first half of the third year. The more
important drugs and preparations of the Pharmacopeia, together with newer
non-official remedies which bid fair to attain or have attained considerable
use, form the subject of study. In the laboratory the student becomes
familiar with the peculiarities and methods of preparation of the different
preparations of the Pharmacopeia, as well as with the solubilities and other
characteristics of the more important drugs. Especial attention is paid to
chemical and pharmaceutical incompatability. Prescription writing is dealt
with by lecture and frequent practical exercises. Dr. Waddell, assisted
by Mr. Anderson.

Toxicology.—Three hours of lectures and recitation and three hours of
laboratory work weekly during the last half of the second term.

This course is, to a considerable extent, a review of the pharmacological
actions of poisons and their antagonists. The treatment of poisoning is
dealt with in detail. Some attention is given to the methods of separation
and identification. Dr. Waddell, assisted by Mr. Anderson.

Clinical Diagnosis.—Six hours weekly during the first and second terms.
In this course the student is made familiar with those laboratory methods
which are helpful in the diagnosis of disease. These include, among others,
the examination of blood, urine, sputum, gastric contents, feces, spinal
fluid, exudates and transudates. Instruction is given in the recently completed
Clinical Laboratory in the north pavilion of the hospital, which is
well equipped with the most modern instruments and apparatus. Dr. Bray.

Theory and Practice of Medicine.—Three hours weekly of lectures and
recitations throughout the session; nine hours weekly in the clinics for one-half
the session. A systematic course of lectures, supplemented by work in the
out-patient department and hospital. The class is divided into two sections,

each of which devotes itself for half the year to the medical service in the
out-patient department, and also twice a week receive instruction on selected
cases in the wards of the hospital. There is a general medical clinic once a
week in the hospital amphitheater. Dr. Davis, Dr. Flippin, Dr. Magruder,
Dr. Nelson and Dr. Gage.

Surgery and Gynecology.—Five hours weekly of lectures and recitations,
and two hours weekly of surgical clinic throughout the session, with six hours
weekly in the out-patient department for one-half the session.

The study of surgery begins in the third year and continues through
the fourth year. In the third year the classroom work consists of lectures
and recitations, as arranged in the schedule, in which the principles and
practice of surgery, surgical diseases, surgical diagnosis, etc., are thoroughly
discussed. This also includes the surgical specialties, orthopedics, genitourinary
surgery, etc.

The out-patient department course in the third year gives opportunities
for diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases under close personal supervision
Experience in dressings, bandaging, anesthesia and minor surgery is afforded
Surgical appliances and technique are demonstrated to the students, divided
into small groups.

The work in gynecology follows closely the outlines already described
for surgery. The general principles of gynecology are taken up in lectures
and recitations. In addition, the out-patient department affords practice
in palpation, diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Watts, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Neff,
Dr. Woodberry and Dr. Wright.

Obstetrics.—Five hours weekly of lectures, recitations and manikin demonstrations
during the year, supplemented by work with living subjects in
the wards of the hospital.

The class is divided into sections of five for manikin instruction and for
examination of patients in the hospital. The manikin course forms an important
part of the work, not only for teaching presentation, position and
posture, but also the mechanism of normal and abnormal labor and the application
of forceps. When the section is taken into the wards of the hospital,
the methods of examination, particularly abdominal palpation, are
practiced on the living subject. Dr. Macon.