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 preparation 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 incompatibility.
Prescription writing is dealt with by lecture and frequent practical exercises.
Dr. Waddell and
Mr. Dunnington.
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 and Mr. Dunnington.
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, exudates, 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 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 Dr. Duggins.
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, and 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 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,
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.
