CONSPECTUS OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGES OF AMERICA. EMBRACING the Titles: Locations: Addresses of Corresponding Officers: Organizations: Curricula of Study: Requirements for Admission and for Graduation: Fees: Numbers of Matriculates and of Graduates of all Existing Medical Schools in the United States and Canada. The Titles: Locations: Dates of Organization: Periods of Existence -of all Extinct Medical Schools in the United States and Canada. Arranged Alphabetically as to States, and Chronologically as to Dates of Organization. ALABAMA. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ALABAMA. MOBILE, ALA. W. H. SANDERS, M. D., Secretary, 12 St. Joseph street. ORGANIZED in 1859. Closed during the war and re-opened in 1868. graduates during the years 1862-68, inclusive, There were no The faculty embraces ten professors, two adjunct professors, two lecturers, and two demonstrators. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: Lectures begin November 10, and continue five months, with a recess at Christmas. A preliminary course begins October 20-Attendance on three annual lecture terms is recommended; provision for such graded course is made, and without cost as to lecture tickets for the third term. Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics, theory and practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and diseases of women and children, physical diagnosis and diseases of the chest, ophthalmology and otology, histology. hygiene, medical jurisprudence, clinical and genito-urinary surgery, and practical pharmacy Weekly quizzes on anatomy and chemistry. Clinics at hospital and infirmary, and of out-door patients at the college. REQUIREMENTS: For admission, none. For graduation: 1) age, twenty-one years: 2) good moral character; 3) three years' study, 4) attendance on two full courses of lectures: 5) pass before the members of the faculty a satisfactory examination; 6) a thesis on some medical subject. FEES: Matriculation (once), $5.00. Lectures, including hospital, $75.00. Dissecting, $10.00. Graduation, $25.00. STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentage of graduates to matriculates Percentage of graduates to matriculates during the only session for which number of matriculates is reported, sixteen. There were also in attendance at the last session 4 post-graduates, who are not included in the number of matriculates above given. REMARKS: The last announcement, 1881-85, contains a complete list of the alumni of the college, numbering 364. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. ORGANIZED in 1872. Extinct; last session closed in 1880. ARKANSAS. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. R. G. JENNINGS, M. D., Secretary of the Faculty. ORGANIZED in 1879. First class graduated in 1880. Classes have graduated each subsequent year. The faculty embraces fourteen professors and lecturers, and a demonstrator. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: Lectures begin October 1, and continue twenty weeks.-"A voluntary graded course of three years has been established from the organization of this college," but "students who prefer to continue their studies on the repetitional system can do so." Lectures embrace practice of medicine, institutes and practice of surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, general, descriptive and surgical anatomy, materia medica, therapeutics, hygiene, botany, institutes of medicine, clinical surgery, dermatology. medical chemistry, toxicology, ophthalmology, otology, genito-ufinary diseases, physical diagnosis, "meteorology, etc." REQUIREMENTS: For admission, none. For graduation: 1, age, twenty-one years; 2, good moral character; 3) "a satisfactory certificate of having pursued the study of medicine for at least three years;" 4) attendance on two full courses of lectures; 5) satisfactory examination; 6) thesis on some medical subject, or report of clinic. FEES: Matriculation (paid once only), $5.00. Lectures, $50.00. Demonstrator, $5.00. Hospital. $5.00. Graduation, $25.00. STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates Average percentage of graduates to matriculates during the past five years, twenty-two. REMARKS: Two years and nine months of study are accepted for the third requirement for graduation, as above quoted. *Not including one post-graduate CALIFORNIA. COOPER MEDICAL COLLEGE. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. ORGANIZED in 1859 as the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific. Ceased to exist in 1864, but was revived in 1870, under the same name. In 1882 it became the Medical Department of the University College of San Francisco, and was given the specific designation of the Medical College of the Pacific. In 1882 the institution received its present name. The first class was graduated in 1860. No classes were graduated in the years 1865-69, inclusive. A class was graduated in 1870 and in each subsequent year. HENRY GIBBONS, Jr., M. D., Dean, 101 Dupont Street. Faculty embraces twelve chairs, two adjuncts and a demonstrator of anatomy. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: Three annual courses of lectures are required to complete the curriculum. The regular course begins June 2, and ends November 1; the intermediate course begins January 14, and ends May 3.-During the first year the student attends all didactic lectures, but gives special attention to descriptive anatomy, physiology, chemistry, surgery and microscopy, and is examined in these branches at the end of the term. In the second year all lectures and clinics must be attended, and examinations in all branches are held at the close, those in descriptive anatomy, physiology and chemistry being final. All lectures and clinics must be attended during the third year, except lectures on chemistry and physiology, if examination in these has been successfully passed. Final examinations, written and oral, in the third year. The principal branches taught are principles and practice of medicine; clinical medicine and diagnosis; surgery, surgical anatomy, clinical and operative surgery; descriptive and practical anatomy; microscopy and histology; pathology with practical illustrations: obstetrics, diseases of women and children; gynecology; theoretical and practical physiology; ophthalmology, otology, didactic and clinical; chemistry; toxicology; materia medica and therapeutics; hygiene; insanity; medical jurisprudence; physical diagnosis; laryngoscopy. REQUIREMENTS: For admission, an examination in English composition, physics, arithmetic and Latin rudiments (declension of nouns and grammar.) Graduates of literary, scientific, medical, or pharmaceutical colleges or universities, in good standing, graduates of high schools, and applicants who have passed the examination for admission to any recognized literary college or university, or who hold first-grade certificates from any public school board, as properly qualified teachers, on producing proper evidence of the same, are admitted to matriculation without examination. For graduation: 1) good moral character; 2) twenty-one years of age; 3) three regular courses of lectures; 4) two courses of clinical instruction; 5) one course of practical anatomy, dissecting the entire subject; 6) satisfactory thesis; 7) successful passing of all examinations. FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures (three courses). $260; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $40. A charge of $25 is made for each intermediate course, which amount is credited upon the succeeding regular course fees, STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates Session. 1877 1878 1879 1880 Matriculates. 65 58 Graduates. 15 7 9 12 19 Percent. 40 261715+ 18 ITTI 1881 1882 42 67 83 22.9 Average percentage of graduates to matriculates during the six years, 1883 inclusive, twenty-three. REMARKS: "While the adoption of a three years' course is a direct pecuniary disadvantage to the college, it is, nevertheless, a great satisfaction to have accomplished this result, as it has been the constant desire of the faculty to raise the standard of medical education, and to graduate capable rather than many students." MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. ROBERT A, MCLEAN, M. D., Dean, 603 Merchant Street. ORGANIZED in 1863 as the Toland Medical College. Became connected with the University of California in 1872. The faculty embraces eleven professors, one lecturer and one demonstrator. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: One reading term, and one regular term annually. The session begins February 1, and ends October 31. The course is graded and extends over three years. Students are expected to attend clinics regularly. Examinations are held daily and at the beginning of each session, to determine the progress of the student, his advancement depending on the result of such examination. These examinations are not final, as the examination for graduation includes all the subjects of the three-years' course. Studies: First year-descriptive anatomy, general chemistry, physiology and materia medica. Second year-Theory and practice of medicine, theory and practice of surgery, principles of obstetrics, general and surgical anatomy, medical and physical chemistry, physiology of the nervous system and reproduction, therapeuties and pathology. Third year-Clinical medicine, clinical surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women, diseases of children. diseases of eye and ear, medical jurisprudence, hygiene and mental diseases. REQUIREMENTS: For admission, none. For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) three full years' study; 4) three regular courses of lectures: 5) successful passage on all subjects by written and oral examination; 6) practical anatomy during two sessions; 7) thesis. FEES: Matriculation, $5: demonstrator, $10; first and second courses of lectures, $130 each; third course, free; graduation, $40. STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates Average percentage of graduates to matriculates, three years, 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883, twenty-three. REMARKS: In 1885 a matriculation examination will be required of all those not college graduates or matriculates in the following subjects: English grammar, arithmetic, geography, elementary chemistry. In 1866, and every year thereafter, this examination will also embrace algebra, physics and botany. *Not including two post-graduates. CALIFORNIA MEDICAL COLLEGE (Eclectic). OAKLAND, Cal, D. MACLEAN, M. D., Dean, 405 Powell Street. ORGANIZED in 1879. The first class was graduated in 1880. The faculty embraces nine professors, one adjunct professor, and a demonstrator. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: One intermediate and one regular course, annually. Regular term begins November 3, and continues six months. Three-years' graded course recommended, but not required. Lectures embrace principles and practice of medicine, obstetrics, surgery, anatomy, surgical anatomy, physiology, materia medica, chemistry, clinical and operative surgery, clinical medicine, therapeutics, pathology, gynecology, medical jurisprudence, clinical midwifery, diseases of children, clinical diseases of women, clinical diseases of children, mental diseases, hygiene, ophthalmology, otology, clinical diseases of the eye and ear, toxicology, physical diagnosis, laryngoscopy, diseases of the heart and lungs, and nervous diseases. Clinics at hospital and dispensary. REQUIREMENTS: For admission, 1) certificate of good moral standing; 2) diploma from a high school, college or university, or a thorough examination in the branches of a good English education, including mathematics, composition and elementary natural philosophy. For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) "such education as shall give him proper standing with the public and profession;" 4) three regular courses or two intermediate and two regular courses; 5) practical anatomy at least two sessions; 6) satisfactory examination upon the essential points in the general practice of medicine;" 7) thesis. FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $120; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $30. STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates Average percentage of graduates to matriculates, during five years, thirty-three. HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO (Homeopathic.) ORGANIZED in 1884. Faculty embraces eighteen professors. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: Graded, extending over three years. Term begins first Tuesday in June and continues five months; an intermediate term begins about February 4; duration not announced. Lectures embrace, first year, anatomy, chemistry and pharmacy, materia medica, physiology, histology and minor surgery; second year, same as first with the addition of theory and practice, diseases of throat and chest, diseases of children, obstetrics, chemistry and toxicology, ophthalmology and otology, pathology and surgery; third year, materia medica and the studies proper of the second year continued, together with gynecology, dermatology and venereal diseases, and mental and nervous diseases.Clinics at the homeopathic dispensary. REQUIREMENTS: For admission, applicants "will be required to pass a satisfactory preliminary examination, or present documentary evidence of such qualification." For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) three full courses of lectures; 4) certificate of having dissected every region; 5) satisfactory examination in each department. FEES: Matriculation (once) $5; lectures (three courses) $250; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $40. CANADA. PRACTITIONERS of medicine in Canada must be registered, and the requirements demanded vary in different provinces. The possession of the degree of Doctor of Medicine, granted by a recognized university, entitles its holder to registration in all the provinces, except Ontario. The curriculum of studies required of a university, in order that its degrees may be registered, is set forth in the following sections of the Quebec Medical Act, and are applicable, with slight changes, to all the provinces: § 8. From and after the passing of this act, no person shall be admitted as a student of medicine, surgery or midwifery, unless he shall have obtained a certificate of qualification from the said Provincial Medical Board. And no ore shall be entitled to the license of the college, on presentation of a diploma, unless he shall have been previously admitted to the study of medicine, in accordance with the provisions of this act, or unless he shall have passed an equivalent preliminary examination before a college, school or board, authorized by law to require and cause such preliminary examinations to be passed in Her Britannic Majesty's possessions, elsewhere than in the Province of Quebec, and acceptable to the board created by this act. * The subjects of the preliminary qualifications to be English and French, Latin, geography, history, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, belles-lettres, and any one of the following subjects: Greek, natural or moral philosophy; and the candidates to present a certificate of good moral character. * §15. The qualifications to be required from a candidate for obtaining a license, authorizing him to practice medicine, surgery and midwifery, shall consist in his holding a certificate of study from a licensed physician, for the period intervening between the courses of lectures which he has followed; that he is not less than twenty-one years of age; that he has followed his studies during a period of not less than four years, commencing from the date of his admission to the study of medicine by this board, and that, during the said four years, he shall have attended, at some university, college or incorporated school of medicine within Her Majesty's dominions, not less than two sixmonths' courses of general or descriptive anatomy, of practical anatomy, of surgery, of practice of medicine, of midwifery, of chemistry, of materia medica and general therapeutics, of the institutes of medicine, of physiology and general pathology, of clinical medicine and of clinical surgery; one six-months' course or two three months' courses, of medical jurisprudence and of hygiene; one three-months' course, of botany; one threemonths' course, and a course of not less than twenty-five demonstrations, upon microscopic anatomy, physiology and pathology; also, that he shall have attended the general practice of a hospital in which are contained not less than fifty beds, under the charge of not less than two physicians or surgeons, for a period of not less than one year and a half, or three periods of not less than six months each; and that he shall also have attended six cases of labor, and compounded medicines for six months. And to remove all doubts with regard to the number of lectures which the incorporated schools of medicine of the Province of Quebec are bound to give, it is enacted and declared that each six-months' course shall consist of one hundred and twenty lectures, except in the case of clinical medicine, clinical surgery and medical jurisprudence. Of the four years' study required by this act, three six-months' sessions at least shall be passed in attendance upon lectures at a university, college or incorporated school of medicine recognized by this board, the first whereof shall be so passed the session immediately succeeding the preliminary examination, and the last during the fourth year of study, and the candidate shall undergo an examination, on the final subjects of the curriculum, at the end of the session in his fourth year of study. It is optional in Quebec with the provincial board to accept or reject the degree of a university outside the province, and the test of an examination is sometimes imposed upon its holder. In Ontario all, except registered practitioners of Great Britain, must pass an examination in the required branches before registration. The remainder of the provinces accept recognized university degrees without examination. |