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REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION.

Graduation in Medicine, as in the other Departments and Schools of
the University of Virginia, does not depend upon the time which has
been spent in the study of medicine, but upon the 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 such a general knowledge of the other branches, as will
better enable him to complete the course and to profit by the instruction
of the second year.