REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION.
Graduation in Medicine, as in the other Departments and Schools of
the University of Virginia, does not depend upon the length of time which
may have been spent in the study of medicine, but upon the real preparation
of the student, as indicated by rigid examinations, which he is called
upon to stand. Hence it is possible for a diligent student to graduate in
one session; but the severe and protracted labor necessary for this purpose
is attended with evils of which the medical faculty is fully conscious;
and it is considered far better for a student to attend lectures for two sessions,
giving his attention during the first session to the subjects of Chemistry,
Anatomy, and Physiology especially, and endeavoring to obtain only
a general knowledge of the other branches, so that he may be the better
enabled to complete the course and to profit by the instruction of the
second year.
