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METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.

The instruction is given by systematic lectures, daily oral and periodical
written examinations, with associated practical work in Anatomy and
Pathology.

The daily oral examinations on the subject of the previous lecture are of
great value in stimulating the student to regular and systematic habits of
study, and furnishing the Professor an opportunity of discovering and
removing the difficulties met with by the student. The Intermediate written

examinations demand frequent and careful reviews, and familiarize the
class with the form of the Final or graduating examinations, which are also
in writing and of a rigorous character.

Besides these examinations, there is a general oral review at the close of
the session on all the different branches on which the student has graduated
during either that session or some preceding one; this is intended to
test the permanent acquisition of such general knowledge as every practitioner
of medicine should possess. The Faculty have introduced these oral
reviews partly to prepare students more thoroughly for the State Examinations
in Virginia, and the other States which hold such examinations, as well as
for entrance into the Medical Corps of the Army and Navy and the Marine
Hospital service.