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 and Mr.
Faris.
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 and Mr. Faris.
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 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. Bray and
Dr. Duggins.
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, and 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 classroom 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 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.
