REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION.
Graduation in Medicine, as in other Departments of the University of
Virginia, does not depend upon the time which has been spent in the study
of medicine, but upon the preparation of the student, as indicated by rigid
examinations, which he is called upon to stand. Hence it is possible for a
diligent student to graduate in one session. But the severe and protracted
labor necessary for this purpose is attended with evils of which the
Medical Faculty is fully conscious; and it is considered far better for a
student to attend lectures for two sessions, giving his attention during the
first session to the subjects of Chemistry, Anatomy, and Physiology especially,
and endeavoring to obtain only such a general knowledge of the
other branches as will better enable him to complete the course and to profit
by the instruction of the second year.
