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Second Year
Physiology: Lectures, conferences, and demonstrations, 5 hours weekly during
the first term, and 4 hours during the second term; laboratory work, 7 hours
weekly during the first term, 3 hours weekly during the second term. In the
lecture course attention is drawn to the fundamental branches of the subject,
and the more difficult aspects are thoroughly discussed. Recent important
physiological contributions are evaluated, and the student is directed further
to consult various monographs and original papers. Each student is
held responsible for preparing during the year a thesis of his own choice on
some phase of physiology.
The laboratory work consists of preliminary elemental experiments on
the neuromuscular system, followed by intensive courses in mammalian and
in human physiology. The latter are designed particularly to train students
to observe and record, and to interpret and make deductions from their
results. Suggestive outlines only are provided for the experimental studies
and emphasis is given to those branches of physiology which should prove
valuable in later work in medicine.
Open only to students who have obtained grades of 70 per cent. in Histology
and Biochemistry. An average grade of 70 per cent. and the satisfactory completion
of the laboratory work of this course is necessary for admission to Pharmacology.
Dr. Britton and Dr. Corey.
Pathology: 8 hours weekly throughout the year. Gross and microscopic,
general and special pathology. Autopsies and autopsy interpretations.
Dr. Swineford and Dr. Groseclose.
Materia Medica: Lectures and recitations 3 hours weekly and laboratory
work 4 hours weekly, during the first three-fourths of the first term. A
thorough study is made of the sources, preparation, composition, properties
and interactions of medicinal substances to the end that they may be intelligently
prescribed. Special attention is paid to their standardization for
purity and potency. Prescription writing and incompatibility are dealt with
in frequent practical exercises. While the consideration of the more important
preparations of the Pharmacopeia and the New and Non-Official
Remedies consumes the greater portion of the allotted time, the course is
concluded with a critical study of many of the so-called patent medicines.
Dr. J. A. Waddell and Dr. Brame.
Toxicology: Lectures and recitations 3 hours weekly and laboratory work
4 hours weekly, during the last quarter of the first term. A systematic
review is made of the pharmacological action of such chemic agents as are
particularly liable to cause injury to health or loss of life, special attention
being given to their quantitative effects. Practical instruction is given in the
with in detail.
Dr. J. A. Waddell and Dr. Brame.
Pharmacology: Lectures, recitations and demonstrations 4 hours weekly
and laboratory work 9 hours weekly, during the second term. The physical and
chemical characteristics and the mode of action of representative drugs and other
chemic agents are dealt with in both didactic and practical exercises. Special
attention is given to analysing and interpreting the results obtained in the laboratory.
An average grade of 70 per cent. on Physiology, together with the satisfactory
completion of the laboratory work of Physiology is required for admission
to the course.
Dr. J. A. Waddell, Dr. Brame and Assistants.
Physical Diagnosis and Theory and Practice of Medicine: 3 hours weekly
during the second term and 4 hours weekly during the third term. Instruction
is given by didactic lectures, quizzes, presentation of selected clinical cases and
bedside study of physical signs. Special attention is given at the beginning of
the course to the study of the normal subject.
Dr. Flippin, Dr. Mulholland, Dr. Wood, Dr. Blackford, Dr. Swineford,
and Dr. Hart.
Surgery and Gynecology: 2 hours weekly of lectures and recitations and
1 hour weekly of amphitheatre clinic during the third term.
Dr. Lehman, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Meade, Dr. Morton, and Dr. Armentrout.
Clinical Diagnosis: 6 hours weekly during the third term. 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 Clinical Laboratory in the new Medical Building, which
is well equipped with the most modern instruments and apparatus.
Dr. Bray and Dr. Pinkerton.
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