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 preparations 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.
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.
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 new 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.
Woodberry.
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, 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 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 specialities, 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.
