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. Vonderlehr.
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.
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; six 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, Dr. Smith, Dr. Setzler and
Dr. Turner.
Surgery and Gynecology.—Four 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 certain surgical specialties, e. g., orthopedics.
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. Wright and Dr. Bigger.
Urology and Proctology.—Of the total time assigned to surgery, one
lecture hour weekly for the first and second terms, and six hours weekly
in the out-patient department for one-fourth of the session are devoted
to urology and proctology. In the classroom a general survey of the surgery
of the genito-urinary tract and rectum is made by lectures and recitations.
Especial emphasis is placed upon modern methods of diagnosis
and treatment. In the out-patient department, one-fourth of the class at
a time obtains supervised experience in handling clinical cases and performing
minor operations. Ample opportunity is afforded for the observation
of cystoscopic, urethroscopic and proctoscopic procedures. Dr.
Neff and Dr. Bigger.
Roentgenology.—Six lectures, and practical demonstrations to the class
in sections throughout the year. The applications of the X-rays to medicine
and the interpretation of plates in diagnosis. Dr. Wiatt.
Tuberculosis.—With the opening of the Blue Ridge Sanatorium in the
spring of 1920, instruction will be given in the diagnosis and treatment of
tuberculosis. Students will be admitted to the wards of the Sanatorium
on the same basis as they are admitted to the Out-Patient Department of
the Hospital and practical instruction will be given by the same methods.
Dr. Klotz.
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.
