THIRD YEAR.
Materia Medica.—Three hours of lectures and recitations and three hours
of laboratory work weekly during the first half of the third year. The more
important drugs and preparations of the Pharmacopœia, 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 Pharmacopœia, 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, assisted by Mr. Strange.
Toxicology.—Three hours of lectures and recitations 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, assisted by Mr. Strange.
Clinical Diagnosis.—Six hours weekly during the first and second terms.
In this course the student is made familiar with those laboratory methods
which are helpful in the diagnosis of disease. These include, among others,
the examination of blood, urine, sputum, gastric contents, feces, spinal fluid,
exudates and transudates. Instruction is given in the recently completed Clinical
Laboratory in the north pavilion of the hospital, which is well equipped with
the most modern instruments and apparatus.
Dr. Bray.
Theory and Practice of Medicine.—Three hours weekly of lectures and
recitations throughout the session; nine hours weekly in the clinics for one-half
the session. A systematic course of lectures, supplemented by work in the
out-patient department and hospital. The class is divided into two sections,
each of which devotes itself for half the year to the medical service in the
out-patient department, 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. Dr. Davis, Dr. Flippin, Dr. Daniel,
Dr. Nelson and Dr. Smith.
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 out-patient department, two hours weekly in ward rounds in the
hospital, and one hour weekly in X-ray diagnosis for one-fourth 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 out-patient department 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 out-patient department affords practice in palpation,
diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Watts, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Neff, Dr. Woodberry
and Dr. Wright.
Obstetrics.—Five hours weekly of lectures, recitations and manikin demonstrations
during the year, supplemented by work with patients 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.
