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PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
JAMES L. CABELL, M. D., M. A., LL. D., Professor of Physiology and Surgery.
JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, M. D., M. A., Professor of Anatomy and Materia Medica.
JAMES F. HARRISON, M. D., Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics, etc.
J. W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
WILLIAM B. TOWLES, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Acting Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy (1883-'85).
The Medical Department of the University aims at thorough work in
its special province, to wit: the instruction of the student in the principles
of medicine, and his discipline in the modes of acquiring and applying
knowledge. Thus, whilst the only solid foundation of professional
attainments is laid, the mental faculties are expanded and strengthened
for that growth in knowledge, usefulness and distinction to which every
one who enlists in an honorable and responsible profession should aspire.
The organization and arrangements by which these aims are successfully
accomplished may be briefly stated as follows:
ARRANGEMENT OF STUDIES.
The length of the session (nine months) renders it practicable and convenient
to distribute the subjects of instruction among a smaller number
of Professors than in other medical schools of the United States, whose
sessions are only four or five months long. This distribution brings the
different subjects to the attention of the student in their natural and successive
order. The arrangement of the lectures is such that he acquires
a competent knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry before
he enters upon the study of the principles and practice of Medicine and
Surgery, which can only be studied properly in the light of the former.
The instructions in Materia Medica and Pharmacy are also given in due
relation to the progress of the student in chemistry.
SCHOOL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND SURGERY.
Prof. Cabell.
Text-books:—Yeo's Manual of Physiology; "Human Physiology," by Henry Power,
(American edition); Wilson's Manual of Hygiene and Sanitary Science, fifth edition,
1884; Ashurst's Surgery; Klein's Histology. For occasional reference: Foster's Physiology;
Green's Pathology; Ranney's Surgical Diagnosis.
SCHOOL OF ANATOMY AND MATERIA MEDICA.
Prof. Davis.
Text-books:—Wilson's or Gray's Anatomy; Farquharson's or Biddle's or Bartholow's
Materia Medica.
N. B.—This School furnishes every facility for the study of Practical
Anatomy that can be found in similar institutions elsewhere. Adequate
provision is made for the supply of subjects, and each student has the
opportunity, by actual dissection under the guidance of Doctor Towles,
Demonstrator of Anatomy, of acquiring a practical knowledge of the
structure of the human body in all its parts.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, OBSTETRICS, AND MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.
Prof. Harrison.
Text-books:—Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence (last edition); Playfair's with Roberts'
Midwifery (last edition); Roberts' Practice of Medicine (last edition); Hartshorne's
Essentials.
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.
Prof. Mallet.
For the course in General Chemistry, see page 32. Throughout the
course the attention of medical students is particularly drawn to the
physiological, medical and sanitary relations of the subject. A course
of lectures on Pharmacy is given, after the intermediate examinations.
Text-books:—Fownes's Chemistry; Parrish's Pharmacy.
N. B.—In addition to the above, two special courses of instruction
will be given by the Professor of Analytical Chemistry, as follows:
1st, Sixteen lessons in the practical applications of Chemistry to
of animal products, urine, blood, etc.
2nd, Fourteen lessons in practical pharmaceutical manipulations.
Neither of these two special courses is required for the degree of
Doctor of Medicine; but the latter of the two, together with the course
of lectures on pharmacy, is required for the Proficiency in Pharmacy.
APPARATUS AND ILLUSTRATION.
The equipment of the Medical Department in apparatus, specimens
and drawings is extensive and excellent. The collection of paintings for
the illustration of the lectures on Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery,
several hundred in number, is unusually good.
LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS.
Favored as the student is in the comprehensiveness, scientific basis
and order of his studies, he is not less favored by arrangements which
give ample time for the preparation of every lecture, and address motives
to him for such preparation. Each Professor gives three regular lectures
a week, with occasional extra lectures, making the average weekly aggregate
not over fourteen, or a little more than two a day. The student,
therefore, is not over-burdened with lecture-room attendance. He has
time for study in his private room, to consult books, and compare their
teachings with the oral instructions of his Professor, and to digest and
systematize his acquisitions from both sources. The daily examinations
which precede every lecture supply the stimulus to regular and active
study, serve as summary reviews of what he has already heard or read,
and as correctives of any misconceptions he may have fallen into in his
hearing or reading. The daily examinations constitute a very valuable
part of the exercises of the Institution, and are taken into account in
determining the fitness of a student for graduation.
DEGREE.
The degree of Doctor of Medicine is conferred upon such students as
prove their fitness for the same by rigid and searching examination. It
has ever been the policy of the Institution to make its honors testimonials
of merit, and not merely certificates of attendance on a prescribed
course of instruction. (See p. 51.)
EXPENSES.
The expenses of a medical student are from $300 to $340 a session.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D., Professor of Common and Statute Law.
JAMES H. GILMORE, Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Equity, etc.
This Department is organized with a view to acquaint the student
familiarly and practically with the principles of his profession. The instruction
is as thorough as possible, and is given partly through textbooks
and partly through lectures, with daily examination upon both.
A Moot-court, in connection with other instruction, tends to perfect
the student in the details of practice. Under the immediate supervision
of the Professors, he is required to pronounce opinions upon supposed
cases; to devise and institute remedies by suit or otherwise; to conduct
suits at law and in equity from their inception, through all their stages;
to draw wills, conveyances, and other assurances; and in short, to perform
most of the functions of a practising lawyer.
The Department comprises two Schools, each of which is divided into
two classes, and the course of study is as follows:
SCHOOL OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
Prof. Minor.
Junior Class:—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law, namely:
Vol. I., The Rights which Relate to the Person.
Vol. II., The Rights which Relate to Real Property.
Minor's Synopsis of Criminal Law.
Blackstone's Commentaries.
Senior Class:—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law, namely:
Vol. IV., The Practice of the Law in Civil Cases, including Pleading.
Vol. III., The Rights which Relate to Personal Property.
Stephen on Pleading.
For reference:—Virginia Code (1873); Revised Statutes of United States.
SCHOOL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW,
MERCANTILE LAW, EVIDENCE, AND EQUITY.
Prof. Gilmore.
Junior Class:—Vattel's International Law, with Lectures, Lectures on Government,
Federalist.
Senior Class:—Smith's Mercantile Law; Greenleaf's Evidence; Adams's Equity,
with Lectures.
For reference:—Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence.
In the Department of Law, the degree of Bachelor of Law is conferred
upon those who, upon examination conducted in writing, manifest
an intimate acquaintance with the subjects taught in all the classes; and
to those who, upon like examination, exhibit a competent knowledge of
International and Constitutional Law, including the Science of Government,
a Certificate of Proficiency is awarded.
In order to obtain the degree, the whole of the course must be completed
here, no preliminary examination being had upon entering.
The course is designed for two sessions, and in general it is not prudent
to devote less to it; the future professional success of the student
depending much upon his full mastery of it. It is a maxim sanctioned
by long and wide experience, that "he who is not a good lawyer when he
comes to the bar, will seldom be a good one afterwards." And in order
to such thorough acquaintance with the elements of the law, thought is
requisite as well as reading; and for the purpose of thought, there must
be time to digest, as well as industry to acquire. One cannot expect to
gorge himself with law, as a boa constrictor does with masses of food,
and then digest it afterwards; the process of assimilation must go on, if
it is to proceed healthfully and beneficially, at the same time with the
reception of the knowledge. So the athlete judges, who wishes to train
the physical man to the most vigorous development, and the intellectual
athlete should imitate the example.
But whilst the student is advised, as a general rule, not to attempt to
complete the course in a single session, yet, if he chooses to essay it (as
some do successfully), he is admitted to the graduating examinations,
and if he attains the standard required, he is entitled to the degree.
The expenses of a Law student are from $285 to $319 for the session;
books will cost about $80 additional.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
W. M. THORNTON. Professor of Mathematics Applied to Engineering.
CHARLES S. VENABLE, LL. D., Professor of Mathematics.
FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy.
JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Adj. Professor of Analytical Chemistry.
WM. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Professor of Natural History and Geology.
R. D. BOHANNAN, B. S., C. & M. E., Instructor in Pure Mathematics.
J. D. BRUCE, M. A., Instructor in Analytical Chemistry.
W. G. BROWN, B. S., Instructor in Analytical Chemistry.
BERNARD R. GUEST, Instructor in Applied Mathematics.
This Department is designed to furnish intending engineers thorough
and practical instruction in the principles of Engineering and the sciences
connected therewith. For this purpose, in addition to the Schools of
Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History and
Geology, and Analytical Chemistry, the School of Mathematics Applied
to Engineering has been established. For the first five Schools the
courses of instruction are given in detail in the Scientific Department.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Prof. Thornton.
The courses of this School are arranged as follows:
I. Civil Engineering.
Junior Class:—Projective Geometry, Engineering Geodesy, Engineering
Construction, Lines of Communication.
Senior Class:—Engineering Mechanics, Stability of Structures,
Hydraulic Engineering.
II. Mining Engineering.
Junior Class:—Projective Geometry, Engineering Geodesy, Engineering
Construction, Exploitation of Mines.
Senior Class:—Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Machines,
Theory of Prime Movers.
Instruction in the foregoing subjects is conveyed by a course of systematic
lectures, combined with assiduous practice in the field and at
the drawing-board, continued throughout the course.
In the lecture course, after careful elucidation of fundamental principles,
the rules of construction are deduced, and applied to the criticism
of existing structures and the design of proposed works.
In the field course the adjustments and use of the instruments are taught,
and the student, after a thorough drill in the methods of measuring and
estimating lengths, altitudes, and angles, is required to execute surveys of
lands, buildings, and topography; to locate lines for railways, highways,
and canals; and to set out curves, earth-works and masonry.
In the course of design the easy and accurate use of pen and brush is
first acquired by exercises in projective and topographic drawing. The
student is then required, from assigned data, to compute the dimensions
of proposed structures, and on the basis of his computations to prepare
bills of material, and general and detailed drawings of the works; to draw
up specifications and furnish estimates of quantities.
To facilitate the instruction in this department, the University has
provided a commodious and well-lighted lecture room and drawing hall, an
adequate supply of field instruments of the best construction, and models
and drawings of a large variety of structures, illustrating the best practice
of modern engineers, American and foreign.
Students who desire to enter the Department of Engineering should
possess an accurate knowledge of the elements of Algebra, Geometry,
and Trigonometry. With such preparation the following order of studies,
leading to the degrees of C. E. and M. E. is recommended:
Degree of C. E.—First Year:—Junior Applied Mathematics, Chemistry,
Mathematics. Second Year:—Senior Applied Mathematics, Natural
Philosophy, Mineralogy and Geology.
Degree of M. E.—First Year:—Junior Applied Mathematics, General
Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics. Second Year:—Senior Applied
Mathematics, Industrial Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Mineralogy
and Geology.
The expenses of a student of Civil Engineering are from $290 to $330.
Those of a student of Mining Engineering are from $355 to $395.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
JOHN R. PAGE, M. D., Professor of Agriculture, Zoology and Botany.
FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy.
JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Adj. Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry.
WM. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Professor of Natural History and Geology.
W. M. THORNTON, Professor of Mathematics Applied to Engineering.
The late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, having by deed given in trust
one hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of a Department of
Scientific and Practical Agriculture in the University, this Department
was organized in 1869. Subsequently the above-named Professors were
nominated by the Trustees of the Miller Fund, and elected by the Visitors;
certain lands belonging to the University were set aside, and brought
into cultivation as an Experimental Farm; and all necessary implements,
apparatus, models and specimens of various kinds have been collected
as material aids to the course of instruction.
The following order of studies is recommended:—First Year:—Junior
Physics, General Chemistry, Zoology, Agricultural Botany and Agriculture,
and Mineralogy and Geology. Second Year:—Scientific and Practical
Agriculture, Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, First Class of
Analytical Chemistry, and Agricultural Engineering.
The degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture is conferred in this
Department, (see page 51.)
| J. F. SLAUGHTER, President. | |
| W. W. MINOR, | S. V. SOUTHALL, |
| S. W. FICKLIN, | H. W. JONES, |
| GEO. W. PALMER, | B. JOHNSON BARBOUR. |
| R. T. W. DUKE, Secretary. | |
MILLER SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, ZOOLOGY,
AND BOTANY.
Prof. Page.
In this School are three classes, as follows:
I. Agriculture; divided into two courses, Scientific and Practical.
1. The Scientific course comprises a review of what is known of the
chemical composition, the structure and the functions of the organs of
plants; and of the atmosphere and soil, as related to vegetable production.
2. The Practical course comprises the study of the nature and formation
of soils; their exposure and drainage; the best methods of
tillage; and the use of manures and fertilizers, with experiments to
show their effects. Special instruction is given in the mechanical operations
of the farm, and in the practical management of teams.
This class is continued throughout the session.
II. Zoology.—This class studies the leading principles of the science,
with special reference to the anatomy, physiology and morphology of
typical species throughout the animal kingdom.
Special lectures are given during the course on insects injurious to
vegetation, on fish and oyster culture, and on the breeding, rearing, and
diseases of domestic animals.
The fine collection of Zoological specimens in the Brooks Museum
affords excellent facilities for study of the science. The class is continued
until the examination, about the middle of March.
III. Botany.—This class commences about the middle of March, and
continues until the end of the session.
The time is mainly devoted to the study of flowering plants, their
analysis and determination. Cryptogamic Botany, especially fungi and
fungoid diseases of plants, receive as much attention as possible.
Text-books:—"How Crops Grow," and "How Crops Feed," by Johnson; "Scientific
Agriculture," by Pendleton: "Manual of Zoology," by Nicholson; "School and
Field Book of Botany," by Gray; Sack's Text-book. For reference:—Carpenter's
Zoology; Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation; Mivart's Comparative Anatomy;
"Flora of the Southern States," by Chapman; Armsby on "Cattle Feeding," and
Law's Veterinary Adviser.
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