University of Virginia Library

COURSES OF STUDY IN GENERAL.

The session of the Medical Department continues through the full nine
months of the University session. This arrangement enables five professors
to do thoroughly the work which is often allotted to a larger number
in institutions whose session is much shorter.

The importance of a knowledge of Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology,
before commencing the study of the more practical branches, is fully
recognized; and the course of study is so arranged, that during the first
half session the instruction is in these important elementary branches.
During the same time the subjects of Medical Jurisprudence and Obstetrics,
especially the mechanical features of the latter branch, are studied
by the class.

The courses and methods of instruction in the several Schools of the
Department are as follows: