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THIRD YEAR.

Materia Medica.—Three hours of lectures and recitation and four
hours of laboratory work weekly during the first term of the third year.
The more important drugs and preparations of the Pharmacopea, together
with newer non-official which bid fair to attain or have attained considerable
use, form the subject of study. In the laboratory the student becomes
familiar with the pecularities and methods of preparation of the different
preparations of the Pharmacopea, as well as solubilities and other characteristics
of the more important drugs. Especial attention is paid to
chemical and pharmaceutical incompatibility. Prescription writing is
dealt with by lecture and frequent practical exercises. For the present
year in charge of Dr. Lambeth.

Toxicology.—An optional course consisting of one lecture and four
hours of laboratory weekly during the second term. The methods of
separation and identification of poisons. For the present year in charge of
Dr. Kastle.

Clinical Diagnosis.—Six hours weekly during the fall and winter
terms. In this course the student is made familiar with those modern
laboratory methods which are practically helpful in the diagnosis of
disease. These include, among others, the systematic examination of
blood, sputum, urine, gastric contents, feces, exudantes, transudates, and
milk. The student is not only required to understand the methods employed
in such examinations, but by practice to acquire the skill necessary
for accurate results. The instruction is given in the new Clinical Laboratory,
situated in the north wing of the Hospital. This laboratory is well
equipped with instruments and apparatus, and the wards of the Hospital
furnish ample material for the proper presentation of the subject. Dr.
Flippin and Mr. Cabaniss.

Theory and Practice of Medicine.—Three hours weekly of lectures
and recitations throughout the year; nine hours weekly in the clinics
for one half the session. A systematic course of lectures, supplemented
by work in the Dispensary and Hospital. The class is divided into two
sections, each of which devotes itself for half the year to the medical
service in the Dispensary and also twice a week receives instruction on
selected cases in the wards of the Hospital. There is a general medical
clinic once a week in the hospital amphitheater for the third and fourth
year students. Dr. Davis, Dr. Flippin, Dr. Magruder, Dr. Nelson.

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 Dispensary 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 class room 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, Genito-urinary Surgery, etc.

The Dispensary 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 dispensary affords practice in palpation,
diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Watts and Dr. Goodwin.

Obstetrics.—Three 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.