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Medical Schools:

IX.—MEDICINE.

PROFESSOR HOWARD.

In this school are taught the Principles and Practice of Medicine,
Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence. To allow the medical
student time to attain proficiency in Anatomy and Physiology,
Chemistry and Materia Medica, before he is required to
apply these branches in the study of the Principles and the
Practice of Medicine, the course is opened with Medical Jurisprudence,
which is followed by Obstetrics, and both are completed
before the Principles or the Practice of Medicine are
entered upon.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

The lectures on this branch show the aid which legislation and
the administration of the laws derive from medicine, and consist
chiefly in the application of the Principles of Medical Science to
the elucidation and administration of the laws, and the legal decisions
in cases of insanity, every variety of mental impairment,
crime, &c., &c.

Text-Book.—The Professor's Outlines, and Beck or Taylor.

OBSTETRICS.

The lectures on this branch comprehend an account of all labors,
natural, preternatural and instrumental; the professional
assistance to be afforded in each, and the treatment of the female
before, during and after delivery. The lectures are amply illustrated
by specimens and plates; and all manual evolutions, and
the application of instruments, are demonstrated on the improved
phantom of Hebermehl. The students also practice manual and
instrumental delivery on the manikin.

Text-Book.—The last edition of Meigs' Midwifery.

THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE.

The Principles of Medicine, as taught in this school, comprise
General Pathology, and a brief view of General Therapeutics;
also Etiology, Nosology, Semeiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis.
The nature and division of causes are first considered, which introduces
the student to their effects—disease. Pathology proper
is next considered under the two forms, Functional and Structural
diseases. After the student thoroughly understands the nature
of the causes of diseases, their divisions, modes of operation,
and the resulting effects upon function and structure, a
general view is given of the influences that can be brought to
remove or counteract their effects. And the course on the Principles
is then concluded by the consideration of Nosology, Semeiology,
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and the Different Modes of
Death.

Text-Books.—Wood's General Pathology and General Therapeutics,
in the last edition of his Practice.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, OR SPECIAL PATHOLOGY AND SPECIAL
THERAPEUTICS.

As the most natural and practically useful arrangement, all
local diseases are classified and treated of according to their locality,
or the organ or set of organs which they affect; whilst
general diseases are arranged altogether pathologically. Much
attention is given to Physical Diagnosis. Pathological Anatomy
occupies a conspicuous place in the course, and is illustrated
by Carswell's large and splendid colored plates, and, when practicable,
by specimens.

Text-Book.—Wood's Practice of Medicine, last edition.

X.—COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND
SURGERY.

PROFESSOR CABELL.

The heading indicates the subjects taught in this school, and
the order in which they are discussed.

In the first part of the course, the Professor presents a general

outline of the Animal Kingdom, by demonstrating such of
the leading facts of Comparative Anatomy as may serve to indicate
the natural affinities between the different members of the
animal series, and to furnish a basis for a natural Zoological
classification.

In the second division of the course, which is mainly devoted
to the study of Human Physiology, the peculiarities of structure
of inferior animals are again noticed, with reference, especially,
to the varieties of the same organ in different animals, in order
to exhibit the simplest condition of structure essential to its
office, and to indicate the uses of the superadded parts in the
more complicated forms.

The third portion of the course is exclusively devoted to the
study of the Principles and Practice of Surgery.

Text-Books.—The Professor's "Syllabus of Lectures on Comparative
Anatomy and Physiology;" Carpenter's Elements of
Physiology; Kirke's and Paget's Human Physiology; Druitt's
Modern Surgery.

XI.—CHEMISTRY.

PROFESSOR MAUPIN.

Medical students attend the course of Lectures on Chemistry,
&c., mentioned under "VI. Chemistry."

A course of instruction in Pharmacy, designed for the benefit
of the students of Medicine, commences in March and continues
until the close of the session.

Text Book.—Parrish's Practical Pharmacy.

XII.—ANATOMY, MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY.

PROFESSOR DAVIS.

ANATOMY.

In this class are taught Special and Surgical Anatomy. The
lectures are illustrated by fresh subjects, by wet and dry preparations,
and by an extensive series of highly finished paintings.

Text-Book.—Wilson's Anatomy.

MATERIA MEDICA.

The course on this subject embraces:

1. General Therapeutics, or an account of the effects of the
various classes of remedies on the organism, their modus operandi,
and their applications to the relief of disease.

2. A detailed account of medicinal agents, in their commercial
history, physical properties, chemical relations, pharmaceutical
preparations, and effects on the system both in health and in
disease.

The means of illustration in Materia Medica consist of a superb
cabinet of medicines, and a large collection of colored
drawings of medical plants.

Text-Book.—Dunglison's Therapeutics and Materia Medica.

BOTANY.

The Natural History of the Vegetable Kingdom is taught in
this class. It therefore treats of the Anatomy and Physiology
of Plants—the principles and classification employed in arranging
them according to the "Natural" and the "Artificial" methods,
and the characteristics of the various groups.

The applications of Botany to Materia Medica are constantly
kept in view, and incidental reference is had to the relations
which it sustains to Agriculture, Geology, and Physical Geography.

XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL ANATOMY.

DR. B. W. ALLEN, DEMONSTRATOR.

This department is abundantly provided with fresh subjects for
the use of the members of the class; the afternoon is devoted to
the dissections; and they are conducted under the constant guidance
of the demonstrator.