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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE.

                                                                       
JOHN W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., F. R. S., 
Professor of Chemistry. 
WILLIAM G. CHRISTIAN, M. D.,  Professor of Anatomy and Surgery. 
ALBERT H. TUTTLE, M. S.,  Professor of Biology. 
PAUL B. BARRINGER, M. D., 
Professor of Physiology and Materia Medica. 
AUGUSTUS H. BUCKMASTER, M. D., 
Professor of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Practice of Medicine. 
JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, M. A., M. D., 
Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Hygiene. 
HUGH T. NELSON, M. D.,  Instructor in Clinical Surgery. 
EDWARD M. MAGRUDER, M. D., 
Instructor in Physical Diagnosis. 
WILLIAM M. RANDOLPH, M. D.,  Instructor in Genito-Urinary Surgery. 
HALSTEAD S. HEDGES, M. A., M. D.,  Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
LYMAN SKEEN, Jr., M. D., 
Demonstrator of Medical Biology and Pathology. 
I. CARRINGTON HARRISON, A. B., M. D.,  Instructor in Chemistry. 
ARLIE C. JONES, M. D.,  Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
GEORGE E. DODGE, Jr., B. S., M. D., 
Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
WALTER O. BULLOCK, M. D.,  Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
WILLIAM T. GRAHAM, M. D.,  Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
J. NORMENT BAKER, B. A.,  Assistant Demonstrator of Medical Biology. 
J. CHURCHILL GORDON, Jr., 
Assistant Demonstrator of Medical Biology. 
DAVID R. LYMAN,  Assistant Demonstrator of Histology. 
CARY D. LANGHORNE,  Assistant Demonstrator of Pathology. 
ALFRED L. GRAY,  Assistant Demonstrator of Pathology. 
GEORGE H. BELL,  Clinical Assistant and Apothecary. 
FREDERICK J. BARFIELD, B. A.,  Clinical Assistant in Surgery. 
LAWRENCE T. ROYSTER,  Clinical Assistant in Genito-Urinary Surgery. 
A. ELLIS HENEBERGER, Jr.,  Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology. 
JOSEPH H. ROBERTS,  Clinical Assistant in Physical Diagnosis. 
A. BREWIS RUSSELL, M. D.,  Clinical Assistant in Medicine. 
MANN PAGE,  Clinical Assistant in Medicine. 

JOHN R. PAGE, M. D.,
Licentiate in Medicine.


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SESSIONS AND COURSE OF STUDY IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE.

The work of each of the three years of the course in
Medicine continues through the full nine months of the
University session, beginning on the fifteenth day of September
and closing on the Saturday immediately preceding
the fifteenth day of the following June. The studies
included are arranged as follows:

During the first session: Chemistry (with an introductory course
upon the principles of Physics); Biology (Comparative Anatomy, Normal
Histology, Embryology); and Descriptive Anatomy.

During the second session: Physiology; Bacteriology; Pathology;
Regional Anatomy; Materia Medica; and Obstetrics.

During the third session: Gynecology; Surgery; Therapeutics; Practice
of Medicine; Ophthalmic Surgery; Hygiene; and Medical Jurisprudence.

An examination of this system will show that the
work of the first year is given to those sciences which are
fundamental to the entire work of the remaining part of
the course; that of the second year includes the study of
those sciences, more distinctively medical, which are based
upon the work of the previous year, while they in turn
underlie the more strictly professional subjects of study:
these latter are begun upon in the second year, while the
third and final year is devoted wholly to them. The larger
part of the work of the first year is accompanied by practical
work in the laboratory and the dissecting room; the
same is true in great measure of the work of the second
year. The facilities afforded by the University for such
work will be more fully described in the statements which
follow concerning the different subjects included in the
course. The professional subjects taught have associated
with them in the third year a large and increasing amount
of opportunity for practical illustration in the instruction
given at the clinics and elsewhere. A more specific statement
of this work will follow in its proper place.


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Methods of Instruction.—The instruction is given by
systematic lectures and daily oral examinations, with associated
practical work in Anatomy, Histology, Bacteriology,
Pathology and Obstetrics. The daily oral examinations on
the subjects of the previous lectures are of great value in
stimulating the student to regular and systematic habits of
study, and furnishing the Professor an opportunity of discovering
and removing difficulties met with by the student.

Relations of the Student in the Second and Third Years.
Students who pass a satisfactory examination on the subjects
studied during the first session are not required to
attend the lectures or stand the examinations on these
subjects the second year; but if a student fail to pass a satisfactory
examination at the regular time on one or more of
the subjects included in the first year's course, he will be
permitted to take such subject or subjects over during the
second year, without the payment of any additional fee. In
like manner, if he fail to pass a satisfactory examination at
the regular time on one or more of the subjects included in
the second year's course, he will be permitted to take such
subject or subjects over during the third year, without the
payment of an additional fee, and if he pass a satisfactory
examination on these subjects, as well as those of the third
session, he will be permitted to graduate at the close of that
session: Provided, however, that no student whose failure
to pass a satisfactory examination at the regular time shall
extend to all the subjects of a given year will be permitted
to go on to the work of the succeeding year; he will be
required to confine himself to a repetition of the work of
the year on which he has failed—and no student will be
allowed to undertake the work of the third year until he has
completed that of the first, save by special consent of the
Medical Faculty. Students who have taken the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in the University of Virginia, on a scheme
including such medical subjects as, in connection with other
subjects associated therewith, shall be approved by the Medical
Faculty, may be admitted to the studies of the second
year.


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Certificates of Attendance.—No student will receive a
certificate as a member of the Department of Medicine in
this University unless he has attended the whole regular
course of one or more of the three years.

Requirements for Graduation.—No student is permitted
to graduate from the University of Virginia with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine till he shall have attended
the regular course of not less than three years in this
institution, and passed a satisfactory examination on all
the subjects included in the Medical course, unless, in lieu
of either the first or the second year's study here, he shall
have attended one course of lectures of not less than seven
months, or two courses of less than seven months each, in
some other reputable medical school, in which case he may
apply for graduation at the end of his second or first session
in this institution; but in order to obtain the degree he
must pass a satisfactory examination at this University on
all the subjects heretofore mentioned as included in the
Medical course.

The Graduating Examinations are in writing (accompanied
in some subjects by individual practical examinations)
and of a rigorous character. Two sets of these are held each
year—one near the close of the session, after the completion
of the lecture courses; the other at the beginning of the
next session. To the latter are admitted—

(a) Students of the previous session who from illness or other cause
approved by the Faculty were unable to present themselves for
examination. These may be examined on any part of the course,
and will not be required to matriculate anew.

(b) Students who at the close of the preceding session have passed satisfactory
examinations in two of the studies pursued during that session,
and have attained on one or more of the remaining subjects such a
grade (but little lower than that required for graduation) as the
Faculty may approve. This slightly lower grade must have
been reached on the particular subject or subjects on which the
student presents himself for re-examination.

(c) Students who present certificates of attendance on one or two seven-months'
courses or their equivalent at some other reputable medical
school.


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Students falling under classes (b) and (c), after first matriculating and
then passing the Fall examinations on the studies of the preceding
one or two sessions, may proceed to the work of the second year, or
to that of the third year, and to graduation, without attending the
lectures on, or passing further examination in, the studies of the
preceding session or sessions, except the general oral examination
which immediately precedes graduation.

No special examination will be given in the Department
of Medicine except under extraordinary circumstances,
to be carefully weighed by the Medical Faculty.

A General Oral Examination is held each year prior
to graduation (at the close of the session) on all the different
branches on which the student has passed during either that
session or some preceding one. This is intended to test
the permanent acquisition of such general knowledge as
every practitioner of medicine should possess.

CHEMISTRY.

PROFESSOR MALLET,

Dr. HARRISON.

In this course the students are taught Chemical Physics
and the general principles of Chemistry, and are carried
through a course of Descriptive Chemistry, inorganic and
organic; their attention is directed, whenever an occasion
presents itself, to the application of chemical principles to
Physiology, the Practice of Medicine, Therapeutics, Toxicology,
and Sanitary Science.

Text-Books.—Fownes' or Witthaus' Chemistry; Syllabus of the Professor's
lectures. For Reference: Charles' Physiological and Pathological
Chemistry; Wormley's Micro-Chemistry of Poisons.

MEDICAL BIOLOGY.

     
PROFESSOR TUTTLE,  Mr. BAKER, 
Dr. DAVIS,  Mr. GORDON, 
Dr. SKEEN,  Mr. LYMAN. 

Under this title are grouped for convenience the lectures
in the courses described below, the whole forming a continuous
series of three lectures a week throughout the first
year of the Medical course. Each lecture is accompanied
by two hours of practical work in the laboratory illustrative


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of the topics discussed. The laboratory is convenient,
well lighted, and amply equipped; forty-eight desks are
provided with microscopes, accessory apparatus, and all
necessary reagents, and the class is divided into working
sections not exceeding that number; desks are assigned by
lot at the opening of the session, and apparatus issued as
needed from time to time. Each student is required to
provide himself with a set of instruments, and with slides,
covers, and labels for microscopical preparations; all other
appliances are provided by the laboratory without charge.

Comparative Anatomy.—The lectures of the first two
months are devoted to the discussion of the comparative
anatomy of vertebrates, the thoracic and abdominal viscera
being chiefly considered; the student, in the meantime,
dissecting a series of animals representative of the principal
subdivisions of the group. The objects of the course
are to give such fundamental morphological conceptions
and such general anatomical knowledge as shall pave the
way for the detailed and specific study of Human Anatomy;
to familiarize the student with the normal appearance of
healthy organs and tissues as seen immediately after
death; and to lay the foundation for the subsequent intelligent
study of Histology and Physiology. The dissections
are supplemented by demonstrations and the study of permanent
preparations illustrative of features of importance.

Text-Book. — None is required at present. Parker's Zoötomy is
recommended for laboratory use, and Wiedersheim's Comparative Anatomy
of Vertebrates (Parker's translation) for collateral reading.

Histology.—The lectures of the following five months
are devoted to the allied subjects of Histology and Histological
Anatomy. In the first part of the course the tissues
and their component elements are carefully examined, both
singly and in their primary aggregates, as are also those
organs which consist largely of one form of tissue. The
remainder of the course is devoted to an examination of
the more complex organs and systems of organs, their constituent
tissues and the relations between them being studied.
While the primary object of the course is the imparting of


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clear and accurate knowledge of the minute structure of
the body, due attention is paid to the technique which is
necessary as a means to that end; students are therefore
carefully trained in the use of the microscope and in histological
processes, including the selection and preparation of
material, the making and mounting of sections, and their
subsequent study.

Text-Books.—Shaefer's Essentials of Histology; Piersol's Normal
Histology; Stöhr's Histology (Billstein's translation); the Professor's Elements
of Histology.

Embryology.—The courses in Anatomy and Histology
are followed by a course discussing the maturation, fertilization,
and the segmentation of the ovum; the formation
of the germ-layers; the embryo and fœtal appendages; and
the development of the tissues and the organs of the body.
While the final object sought is a clear conception of these
processes as they are known or believed to take place in
the human body, the whole subject is treated from the
comparative standpoint, as that best adapted to give intelligent
and comprehensive ideas thereof. The lectures are
accompanied by practical work in the laboratory on the
development of an amphibian and of the chick, and upon
mammalian embryos and their fœtal appendages at various
stages.

Text-Books.—Shaefer's Embryology (vol. I pt. I of the tenth edition
of Quain's Anatomy); Foster and Balfour's Elements of Embryology.

The attainments of the student in each of these courses
are tested by both written and practical examinations.

ANATOMY.

     
PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN,  Dr. DODGE, 
Dr. HEDGES,  Dr. BULLOCK, 
Dr. JONES,  Dr. GRAHAM. 

Descriptive Anatomy.—The instruction is given by
didactic lectures, combined with the course of Practical
Anatomy as taught in the Dissecting Hall. The endeavor
throughout is to render the teaching as completely practical
as possible; no statement is made that is not illustrated by


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its exhibition, either on the actual dissection or on the
preparation of a dissection, the effort being to convey
knowledge by the so-called natural method—that is, by
mental imagery formed by repeated observations of nature.
This is accomplished by exhibiting to the student and
requiring him to handle the dissected parts and preparations
made therefrom. The equipment of the School for this
purpose is most ample. Particular attention is called to the
fact that in describing the more minute anatomical structures—such
as brain, cranial nerves, etc.—cuts and diagrams
are not relied upon, as is too often the case, but
careful dissections are yearly made and demonstrated to
the class.

Practical Anatomy.—For this course dissecting material,
obtained under the permissive law of the State, is
abundantly supplied without cost to the student. Attendance
in the dissecting room is compulsory, a strict record
being kept in the case of each student. Every student is
required to dissect on all parts of the human body. Two
subjects are dissected: the first for muscles and fascias; the
second for arteries and nerves. Not more than five dissecting
clubs (of eight men each) are admitted to the hall at
one time. A Demonstrator for each club superintends the
dissections, directing the work of the individual student;
and, afterwards, accurately and carefully explaining every
dissection to his club. After this careful preparation,
besides the ordinary oral and written examinations, each
student is required to stand eight practical examinations,
one upon osteology, four upon different parts of the muscular
system, one on the viscera, one on the ligraments, and
one on the vessels and nerves. These examinations are
oral and private, each student being questioned alone, and
required not only to state the origin and insertion of muscles,
the beginning, termination and relations of blood vessels,
nerves, etc., but to point out or demonstrate each fact.
They are thus a perfect test of the student's practical
acquaintance with the gross structure of the human body.


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Regional Anatomy.—This subject is taught to second
course students by the same practical methods as are
described above.

The important bony landmarks, lines of blood vessels,
nerves and muscles are carefully described and their positions
verified by dissections made before the class. Special
attention is paid to the study of the landmarks of the skull,
neck, chest and abdomen, and all the structures in, or bearing
relation to, the more important joints. Inguinal and
femoral hernia, the perineum and pelvis, are described
with special reference to the surgery of these parts. Cross
sections of the upper and lower extremities and the neck,
are made at different levels and described to the students
who are afterwards required to stand practical examinations
on these parts. The course, in fact, is a comprehensive
review of the facts taught in Descriptive Anatomy but
with special reference to their application to Medicine and
Surgery.

PHYSIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR BARRINGER.

The study of Physiology is not begun until the student
has completed the courses in Chemistry, Anatomy, and
Histology, and is hence well prepared to appreciate the
broader principles of this subject. The entire work of the
school is designed with reference to its practical bearings
on the subsequent studies of Pathology and Therapeutics.
In the elucidation of this subject the large collection of
plates belonging to the Department is supplemented by
original preparations and models.

Text-Book.—The Professor's Abstract. For Reference: Landois's
Physiology; Foster's Physiology or Kirke's Physiology.


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BACTERIOLOGY.

     
PROFESSOR TUTTLE, 
Dr. DAVIS,  Mr. BAKER, 
Dr. SKEEN,  Mr. GORDON. 

Bacteriology is taught by lectures accompanied by
practical work in the laboratory. The instruction given at
the University in this subject differs from that given in
most schools of medicine in several important respects.
It is very commonly the case that the student is brought
almost at the very outset into relation with the bacteria of
disease, the whole or the larger part of the course of
instruction being given to their specific study, the technique
involved in their culture and determination, and the specific
products of their activity. These are all matters of the
highest importance, and should by no means be neglected;
but exact and extensive knowledge of them may be and too
often is associated with entire ignorance of the real nature
and affinities of the Bacteria, the general principles of vegetable
physiology of which their characteristic activities constitute
a special case, and of the essential conditions on
which their culture depends. Believing that the educated
physician should as far as possible know the scientific principles
on which his professional knowledge rests, provision
has been made for a short course which deals with the
Bacteria from the botanical standpoint, discussing the general
morphology and physiology of plants to an extent sufficient
to give the student an intelligent idea of the place of
these organisms in the vegetable kingdom and of the relation
of their life to that of other plants. This knowledge
is made the basis of the farther discussion of their economic
relations, their action as causes of disease, and the methods
resorted to for their manipulations, the most important
processes of bactericultural technique being as far as possible
fully illustrated and demonstrated in the laboratory.
The whole course intended to form a proper preliminary to
the specific discussion of the pathogenic bacteria which
finds its proper place in the course in Pathology.

Text-Books Recommended.—Abbott's Principles of Bacteriology;
the Professor's Introduction to the Bacteria; Sternberg's or Crookshank's
Manual of Bacteriology.


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PATHOLOGY.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR DAVIS,

Dr. SKEEN,

Mr. LANGHORNE,

Mr. GRAY.

The principles of General and Surgical Pathology are
discussed by lectures and illustrated in the laboratory.

The processes of disease are studied in detail, with the
unaided eye and with the microscope, upon selected specimens.

Instruction is given in the method of conducting an
Autopsy, in which the object of preserving for future investigation
desirable parts is kept particularly in view. This
involves pathological technique, in which students receive
a thorough drill and are allowed to retain the preparations
they make. Each student is required to recognize, by the
aid of the microscope, the nature of tumors and to make
examinations of urine. These practical exercises constitute
a distinct test in addition to the regular written examination
covering the entire work of the course.

Under the study of Infections, the Bacteria concerned
are considered in detail and made the subject of
investigation in the laboratory, which is equipped with
approved modern apparatus.

A series of lectures upon the symptoms and therapeutics
of Surgical Diseases follows closely the course
upon Pathology.

Text-Books.—The Professor's Syllabus; Ziegler's General Pathology;
Warren's Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics; Abbott's Principles of
Bacteriology.

OBSTETRICS.

PROFESSOR BUCKMASTER.

In Obstetrics instruction is given by lectures, and the
mechanical principles involved in the study are explained
by the use of suitable preparations and models. The systematic
use of the manikin with the fœtus has made it
possible for the student to obtain a knowledge of obstetric


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manipulation which he can acquire in no other way. Special
attention is paid to the manikin drill. The course consists
of twenty-five demonstrations and is obligatory. A special
examination is held and forms a part of the examination
for graduation in obstetrics. In order that each student
may have ample opportunity to make the demonstrations
in the laboratory, the class is divided into sections not
exceeding eight men in number. Full information as to
the scope of the course will be furnished on application.
The number of obstetrical cases applying at the dispensary
for treatment at their homes is steadily increasing.

Text-Book.—Outlines of Obstetrics, by Charles Jewett (W. B. Saunders,
Philadelphia). For Reference: The American Text-Book of Obstetrics
for Practitioners and Students (W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia).

MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS.

PROFESSOR BARRINGER.

In Materia Medica particular stress is laid upon the
physiological action of drugs as furnishing the only basis
for a rational system of therapeutics. The Department is
provided with a good collection of drugs, both crude and
prepared, which are shown to the student as dealt with in
the lectures. Exercises in prescription-writing are given
weekly for several months.

Text-Book.—White's Materia Medica and Therapeutics. For Reference:
Brunton's Pharmacology; Wood's Materia Medica.

The subject of Therapeutics is taken up among the
studies of the third year. The range of the work will
embrace both general and special therapeutics, whether
rational or empirical, but a constant effort will be made
throughout to trace those general underlying principles
the existence of which alone enables this subject to be
called a science. The method pursued will be that of
taking up in order the perversions of the various organs
and functions rather than the individual forms of disease.

Text-Book.—(To be named hereafter.) For Reference: Bruce's
Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Brunton's Pharmacology.


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SURGERY.

PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN.

In Operative Surgery the first aim is to ground the
student thoroughly in the principles and technique of
modern aseptic surgical procedure. All amputations and
ligations, the application of splints, bandages and apparatus
for different fractures, are shown upon the cadaver. To
insure a practical knowledge of the subject, each student
will be required to perform operations upon the cadaver as
a part of his examination for graduation.

Text-Book.—(To be named hereafter).

GYNECOLOGY.

PROFESSOR BUCKMASTER.

In Gynecology instruction is given by lectures and
recitations, and the plastic operations necessary to repair
injuries of the pelvic structures are shown during the
course. Practical training in the details of gynecological
treatment is given at the dispensary.

Text Book.—The Professor's Syllabus. For Reference: Principles
and Practice of Gynecology, by T. A. Emmet (Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia);
Treatise on the Diseases of Women, by A. J. C. Skene (D. Appleton
& Co., New York).

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

PROFESSOR BUCKMASTER.

The Theory and Practice of Medicine is taught in a
systematic course of one hundred and fifty didactic lectures,
which are supplemented by clinical teachings twice a week.
Ample material is furnished by the University Dispensary,
and the student is required to become familiar with the
normal organs. Clinical instruction in physical diagnosis
will be given, and will form part of the required course.
The additions to our knowledge made by the bacteriologist,
when of use in diagnosis or in treatment, receive particular
attention.

Text-Books.—A Hand-Book of Physical Diagnosis, etc., by R. C. M.
Page (J. H. Vail & Co., New York); The Principles and Practice of
Medicine, by William Osler (D. Appleton & Co., New York); a Treatise
on Mental and Nervous Diseases, by Landon Carter Gray (Lea Bros. & Co.,
Philadelphia).


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HYGIENE.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR DAVIS.

In this course the chemical and bacterial contamination
of food, water, air, and soil first engages the attention of
the student. With this preparation he takes up the natural
history of contagious and infectious diseases, their modes
of propagation and methods of prevention. Instruction is
also given in the proper location and construction of habitations,
hospitals, school-houses, etc., with especial reference
to modern methods of heating, ventilating, and draining.
Notice is taken of the special relations involved in Military
and Naval Hygiene.

Text-Book.—Rohé's Text-Book of Hygiene.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

PROFESSOR BUCKMASTER.

In this course the student is instructed in the principles
of the science, and taught how to apply these principles
when he is summoned as a witness in a court of law.

Text-Book.—Reese's Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology.

CLINICAL INSTRUCTION.

           
Dr. BARRINGER,  Mr. BELL, 
Dr. BUCKMASTER,  Mr. BARFIELD, 
Dr. NELSON,  Mr. ROYSTER, 
Dr. MAGRUDER,  Mr. HENEBERGER, 
Dr. RANDOLPH,  Mr. ROBERTS, 
Dr. RUSSELL,  Mr. PAGE. 

The opportunities for clinical instruction at the University
have within the last few years been very greatly
increased. The erection and equipment of the University
Dispensary and the careful consideration of the needs of
the community in this respect have built up an out-patient
department vastly in excess of the apparent possibilities of
the city; moreover, this material is utilized for purposes of
instruction to a much greater extent than is usually done
in clinical teaching. The amphitheatre is so arranged that


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no student is over fifteen feet from the clinical chair or
operating table (as the case may be), and each can thus
understand and appreciate all that is shown him. For the
purpose of still more definite instruction, the whole class is
called up in successive small sections to examine special
cases and conditions, the students being questioned later
on the knowledge so obtained. There is a daily clinic at
the Dispensary, in each case occupying the entire afternoon,
distributed through the week as follows:

           
Monday,  Dr. Buckmaster,  Medical. 
Tuesday,  Dr. Nelson,  Surgical. 
Wednesday,  Dr. Buckmaster,  Medical. 
Thursday,  Dr. Magruder,  Physical Diagnosis. 
Friday,  Dr. Barringer,  Ophthalmic. 
Saturday,  Dr. Randolph,  Genito-urinary. 

During the past year nearly three thousand distinct
cases were treated before the students at the clinical lectures.
Of these, about six hundred each were medical,
surgical or eye and ear cases, some five hundred were gynecological
cases, and over four hundred were cases of genito-urinary
disease. In addition to the work at the Dispensary,
the class have seen in sections numerous important surgical
operations outside under the care of the clinical teachers,
and a large number of the class have been in a similar
manner brought into intimate contact with cases of serious
illness of various kinds. In obstetrical work, about fifty
per cent. of the class have been able to see at least one case
each, while some members have had as many as eight or
nine cases: it is believed that more systematic arrangements
can now be made, and that in the future each
member of the class can have one or more cases during the
session.

There are appointed each year from among the best
students of the senior class in medicine a limited number
of young men to serve as clinical assistants at the Dispensary.
While there is no pecuniary emolument connected
with these positions, they afford exceptional opportunities
for the acquisition of valuable practical knowledge.


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EXPENSES.

(IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE.)

A student's expenses may be divided (1) into those
University charges which are the same each year for all
students; (2) those, also of the University, which vary with
the course of study pursued; and (3) those charges, embracing
his living expenses, which vary with the purse, tastes,
etc., of the individual.

Under the first head are included:

   
Matriculation Fee,  $40.00 
Contingent Deposit,  $10.00 

The Matriculation or University Fee is devoted chiefly
to the current expenses common to the whole University
including examination and diploma fees. It also
entitles the student to the use of the Library; to the
privileges of the Gymnasium with free baths, private
lockers, etc., and the advice and aid of the Instructor in
Physical Culture; and, in addition, to free medical attention
and nursing, in case of illness, in a well-equipped Infirmary
maintained on the grounds for students alone.

The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to
property, or for violations of Library or other University
rules, for which the student is responsible. If no charge is
to be found against it, it is returned at the end of the session.

Under the second head is comprised the charge for
tuition. This in the Department of Medicine varies with
the year as follows:

     
For the first year,  $120.00 
For the second year,  $100.00 
For the third year,  $ 60.00 

These sums represent the entire cost of instruction for
the years in question, there being in no case any additional
charge for anatomical material, laboratory supplies, etc.
When students who are not candidates for a degree pursue
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electives, separate fees are charged according to the studies
pursued. University fees and tuition fees are in all cases
payable on entrance.

A laboratory course in Practical Pharmacy, under
Professor Dunnington, is optional to students of Medicine
who may choose to attend it. For this no tuition fee is
charged, but a payment of $3 is required of each student,
to cover the cost of materials used.

The expenses under the third head above given vary so
greatly that it is impossible to state them with any degree
of certainty. It may with safety be said that by the strictest
economy the cost of living (including lodging, board, fire,
lights, service and laundry) can be brought within eighteen
dollars a month for the session. On this basis, and including
a reasonable allowance for books, instruments, etc., the
minimum cost for the session, including fees, tuition, and
living, but excluding clothing, traveling expenses, and all
sundries may be stated as follows:

     
For the first year,  $350.00 
For the second year,  $330.00 
For the third year,  $290.00 

It should be noted, however, that this includes, as
stated, an estimate for living expenses at the most economical
rate. Most students spend from twenty to thirty dollars
a month for this purpose. For more detailed information
under this head, reference may be made to the statement
regarding expenses in the Academic Department.


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SCHEDULE OF HOURS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
MEDICINE.

FIRST YEAR.

           
Monday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section A; Chemistry
Quiz, Section B: 3.35-5 P. M., Dissection. 
Tuesday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section B; Chemistry
Quiz, Section A: 11-12.30, Biology (Comparative Anatomy
till December; Histology till May; Embryology): 1.30-2.30
P. M., Descriptive Anatomy: 3.30-5, Dissection. 
Wednesday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section A: 1.30-2.30
P. M., Descriptive Anatomy: 3.30-5, Chemistry. 
Thursday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section B: 11-12.30,
Biology (as above): 3.30-5 P. M., Dissection. 
Friday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section A: 11-12.30,
Chemistry: 1.30-2.30 P. M., Descriptive Anatomy:
3.30-5 P. M., Dissection. 
Saturday:  9-11 A. M., Biological Laboratory, Section B: 11-12.30,
Biology (as above): 1.30-2.30 P. M., Descriptive Anatomy:
3.30-5, Dissection. 

SECOND YEAR.

           
Monday:  9-10 A. M., Obstetrics (first half session): 11-12.30, Pathological
Laboratory, Section A. 12.30-1.30 P. M., Physiology,
first half session; second half session, Materia
Medica.
1.30-2.30 P. M., Regional Anatomy (second
half session). 
Tuesday:  10-11 A. M., Pathology (Bacteriology till December, General
Pathology till April, Surgical Diseases): 11-12:30,
Pathological Laboratory, Section B. 12.30-2.30 P. M.,
Manikin work (first half session). 12.30-1.30 P. M.,
Obstetrics (second half session). 
Wednesday:  11-12.30 A. M., Pathological Laboratory, Section A:
12.30-1.30 P. M., Physiology, Materia Medica (as
above) 
Thursday:  9-10 A. M., Obstetrics: (first half session) 10-11,
Pathology (as above): 11-12.30, Pathological Laboratory,
Section B: 12.30-1.30 P. M., Physiology, Materia
Medica
(as above): 1.30-2.30, Regional Anatomy (second
half session). 
Friday:  11-12.30 A. M., Pathological Laboratory, Section A:
12.30-2.30 P. M., Manikin work (first half session): 12.301.30
P. M., Obstetrics (second half session). 
Saturday:  10-11 A. M., Pathology (as above): 11-12.30, Pathological
Laboratory, Section B: 12:30-1.30 P. M., Physiology,
Materia Medica
(as above). 

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THIRD YEAR.

           
Monday:  9-10 A. M., Practice of Medicine (second half session):
11-12.30, Surgery: 3.30-5 P. M., Clinic. 
Tuesday:  9-10 A. M., Gynecology, first half session; second half
session, Practice of Medicine. 3.30-5 P. M., Clinic. 
Wednesday:  9-10 A. M., Gynecology, Practice of Medicine (as
above): 10-11, Therapeutics, first half session; second
half session, Ophthalmic Surgery: 1.30-2.30 P. M.,
Hygiene (first half session): 3.30-5, Clinic. 
Thursday:  9-10 A. M., Practice of Medicine (second half session):
11-12.30, Surgery: 3.30-5 P. M., Clinic. 
Friday:  9-10 A. M., Gynecology, Practice of Medicine (as
above): 3.30-5 P. M., Clinic. 
Saturday:  9-10 A. M. Gynecology, first half session; second half
session, Medical Jurisprudence: 10-11, Therapeutics,
Ophthalmic Surgery
(as above): 1.30-2.30 P. M.,
Hygiene: 3.30-5, Clinic. 

Examinations are held in the various subjects as follows.
The Medical Faculty reserve the right to make any changes
in the schedule of lectures and examinations that may seem
advisable from time to time.

     
First Year:  Comparative Anatomy, December 22, 1897; Chemistry,
January 26; Descriptive Anatomy, May 7;
Histology, May 21; Chemistry, June 1; Embryology,
June 6, 1898. 
Second Year:  Bacteriology, December 15, 1897; Obstetrics, February
11; Physiology, April 9; Pathology, April 20;
Regional Anatomy, April 30; Materia Medica, June
4; Surgical Diseases, June 10, 1898. 
Third Year:  Hygiene, November 16; Gynecology, December 2;
Therapeutics, December 22, 1897; Surgery, February
26; Practice of Medicine, May 21; Medical Jurisprudence,
June 11, 1898. 


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STUDENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF MEDICINE.

Session of 1896-97.

(The figures in parentheses refer to the sessions in attendance in this Department.)

                                                                     

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Ambler, Edward C.  (2)  Cool Well, Va. 
Asserson, Frederick A.  (1)  Norfolk, Va. 
Bailey, Edward B.  (2)  Demopolis, Ala. 
Baily, Howard H.  (3)  Washington, D. C. 
Baker, J. Norment  (2)  University of Virginia. 
B. A., University of Virginia. 
Baker, Charles L.  (2)  Leetown, W. Va. 
Baker, James T.  (1)  Pulaski City, Va. 
Baptista, Hans  (2)  Australia. 
Barfield, Frederick G.  (3)  Cuthbert, Ga. 
A. B., University of Georgia; G. Ph., University of Virginia. 
Beckwith, Julian R.  (1)  Petersburg, Va. 
Bell, George H.  (3)  Staunton, Va. 
Best, W. Robert  (2)  Wilson, N. C. 
Blackburn, Richard S.  (2)  Alexandria, Va. 
Bolles, Charles P., Jr.  (2)  Wilmington, N. C. 
Booth, Thomas A., Jr.  (1)  Booth Corner, Pa. 
Bowcock, J. McCue  (2)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Bowman, James L.  (2)  Cross Keys, Va. 
Brown, John W., Jr.  (1)  Hampton, Va. 
A. B., William and Mary College, Virginia. 
Brumfield, William A.  (3)  Mt. Airy, Va. 
Bruns, R. Martin  (2)  New Orleans, La. 
B. A., University of Virginia. 
Bullitt, James Bell, Jr.  (2)  Louisville, Ky. 
A. M., Washington and Lee University. 
Bumgardner, Willis H.  (2)  Staunton, Va. 
Graduate, Virginia Military Institute. 
Burrow, Trigant  (1)  Norfolk, Va. 
A. B., Fordham College, New York. 
Burton, Samuel H.  (2)  Stribling Springs, Va. 
Butler, Charles S.  (2)  Bristol, Tenn. 
A. B., Emory and Henry College. 
Carpenter, James H.  (2)  Cumberland, Md. 
Carter, John D.  (1)  Ehrhardt, S. C. 
Carwell, Ulysses M.  (2)  Middlebrook, Va. 
Chapin, William R.  (2)  Kirkwood, Ill. 
A. B., Lombard University, Illinois. 
Cline, Benjamin F.  (2)  Weyer's Cave, Va. 
Clopton, Malverne B.  (2)  St. Louis, Mo. 
Cobb, Oliver W.  (2)  New Bedford, Mass. 
Cochrane, John I.  (2)  East Dorset, Vt. 
A. B., Harvard University. 
Cocke, Paul L.  (1)  Bremo, Va. 
Cocke, Norborne P.  (1)  University of Virginia. 
Collier, Harris T.  (1)  Memphis, Tenn. 
Cone, Daniel N., Jr.  (1)  Benton, Fla. 
A. B., Agricultural and Mechanical College, Florida. 
Conley, Charles H.  (1)  Fairland, Md. 
Conro, Arthur C.  (1)  Marion, Mass. 
A. B., Harvard University. 
Cooke, J. Oliver  (2)  Pooler, Ga. 
B. S., University of Georgia. 
Cooke, Robert P.  (2)  Boyce, Va. 
Crawford, Charles A.  (3)  Nashville, Tenn. 
Crimmins, Martin L.  (3)  New York, N. Y. 
Criser, Charles J.  (1)  Warm Springs, Va. 
Dabney, Virginius  (1)  New York, N. Y. 
Davis, Robert H.  (1)  University of Virginia. 
Davis, Eugene  (2)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Davis, Edwin  (1)  Louisville, Ky. 
Delaney, Joseph H.  (2)  Bristol, Va. 
A. B., King College, Tennessee. 
DeShields, George D., Jr.  (3)  Cumberland, Md. 
Dykes, J. Robert  (2)  Marshallville, Ga. 
A. B., Emory College, Georgia. 
Ferrel, Harry E.  (1)  St. Louis, Mo. 
Fife, James D.  (2)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Fitzhugh, Lloyd B.  (2)  Paris, Texas. 
Foster, Thomas G., Jr.  (1)  Montgomery, Ala. 
B. S., Agricultural and Mechanical College, Alabama. 
Fox, Charles B.  (1)  Keswick, Va. 
Furniss, Henry D.  (1)  Selma, Ala. 
Gordon, J. Churchill  (5)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Gray, Alfred L.  (3)  Palmyra, Va. 
Groner, Robert N.  (3)  Norfolk, Va. 
Gwin, John McL.  (1)  Monterey, Va. 
Hall, Walter C.  (2)  Kelly, Va. 
Harris, Overton C.  (3)  Sedalia, Mo. 
Heiner, Robert G.  (2)  Washington, D. C. 
Heneberger, A. Ellis, Jr.  (3)  Harrisonburg, Va. 
Hill, William M.  (2)  Good Ground, N. Y. 
Himel, Clerville  (1)  Houma, La. 
Holmes, Edward A.  (2)  Tannersville, Va. 
Hottel, James S.  (2)  Conicville, Va. 
Huger, William E., Jr.  (2)  Charleston, S. C. 
Hughes, George O.  (4)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Hunt, Frank H.  (3)  Richmond, Va. 
Hunt, Washington, Jr.  (2)  Dalby's, Va. 
Iden, John H.  (1)  Manassas, Va. 
Jones, Robert P.  (1)  Norfolk, Va. 
Keefe, Lawrence, Jr.  (2)  Thibodeaux, La. 
Kellam, S. Sydney  (1)  Onancock, Va. 
Kenan, James  (2)  Selma, Ala. 
Lancaster, Nathaniel A.  (1)  Richmond, Va. 
Langhorne, Cary D.  (3)  Lynchburg, Va. 
Graduate, Virginia Military Institute. 
Laning, J. Halcombe  (1)  Carrollton, Ill. 
La Rue, Frank J.  (2)  Empire, Mich. 
Lewis, Thomas W.  (2)  Lynchburg, Va. 
B. S., Virginia Military Institute. 
Lilliston, A. Herbert  (3)  Accomac, Va. 
Livermore, George R.  (1)  Memphis, Tenn. 
Lyman, David R.  (2)  Charlottesville, Va. 
McAdory, W. Prude  (2)  Jonesboro, Ala. 
A. B., Howard College, Alabama. 
McCue, Frank C.  (4)  Afton, Va. 
McLester, James S.  (1)  Birmingham, Ala. 
A. B., University of Alabama. 
McNeel, H. Winters  (2)  Mill Point, W. Va. 
Macon, W. Douglas  (2)  Charlottesville, Va. 
A. B., Randolph-Macon College. 
Maphis, Charles G.  (1)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Martin, Henry M., Jr.,  (1)  Union Springs, Ala. 
Marxuach, Manuel  (1)  San Juan, Porto Rico. 
Mayers, George M.  (1)  Fairmont, W. Va. 
Michie, Winston T.  (3)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Moomaw, Benjamin C.  (1)  Roanoke, Va. 
Moriarty, Walter E.  (1)  Putnam, Conn. 
Morris, Benjamin  (2)  Martinsville, Va. 
Morrison, James  (1)  Howardsville, Va. 
A. B., Hampden-Sidney College. 
Nelson, Hugh T., Jr.  (1)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Old, Edward H. H.  (1)  Norfolk, Va. 
O'Neil, Cosmo D.  (2)  Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Orrison, Arthur L.  (1)  Washington, D. C. 
Phar. D., National College of Pharmacy, Washington, D. C. 
Page, Mann  (2)  Cobham, Va. 
Page, John R., Jr.  (1)  University of Virginia. 
Peters, Don Preston  (1)  University of Virginia. 
Price, Richard J.  (2)  Wilmington, N. C. 
Rawlings, J. Henry  (4)  Charlottesville, Va. 
A. B., Hampden-Sidney College. 
Richardson, R. Roller  (1)  Harrisonburg, Va. 
Roberts, Joseph H.  (3)  Abingdon, Va. 
Roller, William C.  (1)  Fort Defiance, Va. 
Royster, Lawrence T.  (3)  Norfolk, Va. 
St. Clair, Wade H.  (1)  Bluestone, Va. 
Schroeder, William C.  (3)  Portsmouth, Va. 
Shelton, Rawley M.  (2)  Elba, Va. 
Shine, Frank W.  (2)  Orlando, Fla. 
Shlenker, Milton A.  (2)  Vicksburg, Miss. 
Siler, Joseph F.  (2)  Troy, Ala. 
Silliman, John C.  (1)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Skiles, Alvin V.  (1)  Bethesda, Md. 
Skinner, C. Locke  (3)  University of Virginia. 
Smith, Charles G.  (1)  Washington, D. C. 
Sperow, Clifford  (2)  Martinsburg, W. Va. 
Strother, Corneille B.  (2)  Albany, Ga. 
Suddarth, Floyd S.  (2)  Monterey, Va. 
Sutherland, Edgar  (2)  Hillsville, Va. 
Tappan, John W.  (2)  Burbank, Tenn. 
Taylor, Donald A.  (2)  Fort McPherson, Ga. 
Taylor, F. Southgate  (2)  Norfolk, Va. 
Thetford, Kennon  (1)  Talladega, Ala. 
A. B., University of Alabama. 
Thomson, Curtis H.  (3)  Garrett Park, Md. 
Tilton, McLane, Jr.  (5)  Annapolis, Md. 
Torrance, Gaston  (2)  Birmingham, Ala. 
Torrey, Ernest F.  (1)  Bristol, R. I. 
Train, John K.  (1)  Savannah, Ga. 
Tucker, John H.  (1)  Henderson, N. C. 
VanMeter, L Marshall, Jr.  (2)  Christiansburg, Ky. 
Vass, Edward S.  (1)  University of Virginia. 
B. S., Davidson College, North Carolina. 
Vose, Wm. Eugene  (1)  Fort Riley, Kan. 
Walker, Luther A.  (2)  Mercer Salt Wks, W. Va. 
Walker, Jasper N.  (2)  Cover Creek, Va. 
Walsh, Ferdinand C.  (1)  Washington, D. C. 
Wayland, A. Bledsoe  (2)  Covesville, Va. 
White, W. H. Landon  (2)  Norfolk, Va. 
Wholey, Cornelius C.  (1)  Staunton, Va. 
A. B., Rock Hill College, Maryland. 
Williams, Ennion G.  (2)  Richmond, Va. 
Williams, R. Bland  (2)  Norfolk, Va. 
Wilson, Gordon  (1)  Charlottesville, Va. 
Woodward, Edmund L.  (2)  Richmond, Va. 
M. A., University of Virginia. 
Wright, R. Herbert  (1)  Petersburg, Va. 


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GRADUATES IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF MEDICINE.

June 17, 1896.

DOCTORS OF MEDICINE.

                                                             

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ADAMS, FRANK L., B. S.,  Stafford, Texas. 
ANDERSON, JOHN F.  Fredericksburg, Va. 
ANDREWS, J. SEDGWICK  Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. 
BARNETT, STEPHEN T., A. B.,  University of Virginia. 
BULLOCK, WALTER O.  Louisville, Ky. 
BURDELL, WILLIAM J.  Camden, S. C. 
BURKE, CLAUDE H.  Burketown, Va. 
CLARK, J. PAULETT  Hat Creek, Va. 
COMBE, JOSEPH K.  Brownsville, Texas. 
CRAIG, ROBERT C., A. B ,  Staunton, Va. 
DABNEY, WILLIAM M., B. A.,  University of Virginia. 
DODGE, GEORGE E., Jr., B. S.,  Little Rock, Ark. 
DRAFTS, ANDREW B.  Lexington, S. C. 
EICHELBERGER, CHARLES P.  Staunton, Va. 
FINCH, ADAM T., B. S.,  Boydton, Va. 
FOSHEE, MASON  Brewton, Ala. 
GRAHAM, WILLIAM T.  Graham's Forge, Va. 
GRIGGS, WILLIAM T.  Harbinger, N. C. 
GROVE, WASHINGTON B.  Berryville, Va. 
HOLLADAY, LEWIS, A. B.,  Rapidan, Va. 
HOLLAND, GRIFFIN W.  Eastville, Va. 
JACOBS, ARTHUR G.  Memphis, Tenn, 
KILLEBREW, J. BUCKNER, Jr.  Clarksville, Tenn. 
KINNE, EDWARD  Irwin, Va. 
LAIRD, J. HARVEY  Beeville, Texas 
LEACH, SYDNEY  Tuscaloosa, Ala. 
McCLINTIC, THOMAS B.  Fort Lewis, Va. 
McCURDY, N. AUGUSTUS  Norfolk, Va. 
MARTIN, JAMES S.  Conway, Ark. 
MONTGOMERY, B. FRANKLIN, A. B.,  Stephen's City, Va. 
MORRIS, OWEN C.  Clifton Forge, Va. 
OWEN, Rev. CLEMENT C.  Black Walnut, Va. 
PETERS, LINDSAY,  Atlanta, Ga. 
PETTIT, JAMES A.  Roseland, Va. 
PORTER, HENRY W.  Louisa, Va. 
RUSSELL, A. BREWIS  Dover, Va. 
ST. CLAIR, CHARLES T.  Bluestone, Va. 
SMITH, MILTON F.  Shreveport, La. 
THOMSON, W. ROSS  Garrett Park, Md. 
TOMPKINS, G. WYTHE  Floyd, Va, 
TOWNSEND, J. BENNETT, B. S.,  Anderson, S. C. 
TUTTLE, JOHN B.  Cisco, Texas. 
WAYT, W. BALDWIN  Staunton, Va. 
WHITE, JOHN H.  Danville, Va. 
WIMBISH, W TOWNES  Boydton, Va.