 | The University of Virginia record February, 1908 |  |
SURGERY AND GYNECOLOGY.
Professor Watts.
Adjunct Professor Stone.
THIRD YEAR.
The course in 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 laboratory work in the third year consists of a course in Surgical
Pathology and another in Operative Surgery. The first deals with the
gross and microscopic diagnosis of the more important surgical lesions.
The operative work is done upon cadavers and the lower animals. In the
case of the latter the operations, performed with all the technical care
exercised in human surgery, teach anesthetization, the handling of
living tissues, and the various operative procedures.
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.
FOURTH YEAR.
In the fourth year the instruction is carried on by clinics and bed-side
demonstrations in the hospital. In the wards the students are assigned
cases, whose histories they must take, make complete physical and clinical
examinations, urine analyses, blood examinations, etc. In the ward rounds
the diagnosis, operative and other treatment, post operative care of the
cases, complications, prognosis, etc., are discussed in detail. A large
variety of cases is available, and the close contact of the students with
their cases and with the routine of hospital management offer many of
the opportunities that an internship affords.
In the operating rooms the students, in small groups, take part in the
operations, thus acquiring familiarity with technique, anesthetization, etc.
Those of the class who are not assisting, witness the operations, whose
important features are demonstrated to them.
The course in Gynecology follows closely the outlines already
described for surgery. In the third year the general principles of gynecology
are taken up in lectures and recitations. In addition, the dispensary
affords practice in palpation, diagnosis and treatment.
In the fourth year the students have the same general work as in
surgery, consisting of the examination and recording of cases in the
public wards, attendance on ward rounds, at which the cases are discussed,
and observation and assistance in the operating rooms.
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