Vanderbilt University owes its foundation to the mu- nificence of Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, who on March 27, 1873, made a donation of $500,000 for the pur- pose of establishing the University. Vanderbilt, son of the Founder, made dona- tions at various times for buildings and equipment. Cornelius Vanderbilt, grandson of the Founder, erected Mechanical Engineering Hall, made gifts to cur- rent expenses, and left a bequest of $50,000 for endow- ment.
His dona- tions have been used for the erection of Kissam Hall, a large dormitory accommodating two hundred students, for current expenses, for the rebuilding of College Hall after the fire of 1905, and for the purchase and improve- ment of the South Campus, the home of the Medical De- partment. In January, 1911, the General Education Board of New York gave $150,000 for the general endowment of the Uni versity. Other valuable gifts have been made to the University from time to time by generous patrons and used for spe- cial purposes of endowment, equipment, and scholarships.
SO far as concerns the work of the Medical Depart- ment the most notable gift Vanderbilt University has re- ceived is the donation of by Andrew Carnegie, Esquire. Up to 1913 the property of the Medical Depart- ment invested in grounds, buildings, and equipment repre-.
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Vanderbilt University has given to the Board of Trus- tees of the Galloway Memorial Hospital a site for the in- stitution on the southwest corner of the South Campus consisting of three acres. Hannaford and Sons, who are the architects of the great New General Hospital of Cincinnati. In May of this year there was launched a campaign to raise $200,000 for the completion of the first unit of the Galloway Memorial Hospital.
This course will be given in the College of Arts and Science of the University, and students desiring informa- tion concerning this course will write the Dean of that department. Examinations during the lecture hour may be held at any time, at the option of the professor. H~ must have passed, to the satisfaction of the Faculty, all of the prescribed examinations of the course.
SCHOLARSHIPS,:-Toeach student attaining the highest average grade in the first, second, and third years will be awarded a scholarship valued at fifty dollars, which will be credited on the tuition of the following year. For the amplifica- tion of the course in each of these, see the extended de- scription of the work in each of these departments.
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Membership is open to any student of the Medical Department, and the present mem- bership includes a large number of the strongest men in the University. Instruction in post-mortem examination is given to the third and fourth-year classes, as a part of the course in pathology. The fourth-year students are assigned the care of out- door maternity cases when two students have complete charge under the direction of the professor.
Aycock confIuct section work in the outdoor department and wards of the City Hospital-chiefly in the wards. Lessons are assigned and recitations conducted, but the bulk of the instruction is practical-in the wards of the City Hospital. At the close of the year e,-ery student is required to undergo at the bedside a rigid examination in clinical methods.
These clinics are held in both the Outdoor DispensarJ' and Vanderbilt Hos- pital to one-half of the class each week. In addition to these clinics there is section work in the wards of the Vanderbilt Hospital and City Hospital four hours a week throughout the year. Section work is also done in the College Dispensary five hours a week for part of the year under supervision of Dr. Jack Witherspoon.
The Junior students receive instruction in diseases of the ear, nose and throat, and the Senior students instruc- tion in diseases of the eye. Review quizzes are held at frequent intervals to clear up points of doubt in the mind of the student and the course is concluded with the final examination. To the Senior class are given two lcctures each week on the anatomy, physiology, mcthods of examination, and diseases of the eye for one-half J"car.
In this depar'tment one clinic is held at the hos- pital each week before one section of the class. Especial attention is given to the large outdoor clinic where students are as- signed to cases under the superdsion of the professor or assistants and a trained nurse. Tigert, two hours a week during the second term, on the anatomy of the female genital organs and of the pelvic floor.
The disorders of menstruation and inflammatory disorders of the uterus and appendages are also covered. Before the diseases of the nervous system are taken up, the student is carefully reviewed in the practical anatomy and physiology of the brain and cord.
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The instruction in gross human anatomy is so ar- ranged that the required work in this subject for the de- gree of DOctor of Medicine may be completed during the forenoons of the first year of the medical course. A sys- tematic study of the gross structure of the entire body is prm'ided for in Courses 1, 2, 3 and 4. The work in Histology and Embryology, including the gross and microscopical anatomy of the nervous system and special sense organs required for the degree of Doc- tor of Medicine is completed during the afternoons of the first year of the medical curriculum.
During this course the student makes a complete dissection of the arm and leg, together with the structures by which they are attached to the trunk. During this course, in addition to the complete study of the abdominal viscera and genito-uri- nary organs, the student dissects the abdominal walls, the long muscles of the back and the spinal cord. During the course the student dissects the thoracic viscera, the neck and the entire head with the exception of the brain: The study of the latter is provided for in Course VII.
The student dur- ing thil:!course is expected to familiarize himself with the anatomy of the bones of the skull. They consist in a review from day to day of the more important features of the dissections and the morphological signifi- cance of the different structures met with. During this course each student prepares a set of about 50 tracings made from frozen sections, showing the outline and relations of the principal struc- tures of the body.
During this period are considered the various organs exclusive of the central nervous system and the organs of the special senses. The study of the adult structmes of each organ is preceded by a consideration of its development and histogenesis. Ample 0PPOl'luuity will be given to familiarize each student with the nse of the cystoscope by demonstration upon the phantom bladder, also affording opportunity and practice in ureteral catheterization.
Senior students receive instruction on the special physiological peculiarities of infants, their nutritional de- mands and diseases of the new born. A special feature of the fourth .. year work is practical instruction in intubation on the cadaver. In addition to this, the third and fourth-year classes are divided into small sections, and given instruction in the outdoor departmeut of the Vanderbilt Hospital.
The course of instruction in this department will con- sist of a thorough course of lectures combined with class recitations, covering all of the medicines and prepara- tions which are recognized by the U. S. Pharmacopreia. Combined with the course in Materia Medica will be given a comprehensh-e course in Pharmacognosy, and the student will have an opportunity to familiarize him- self with the ph)'sical and chemical properties of the drugs which he studies, as weIl as their medicinal properties.
MATRICULANTS, MEDICAL DEPART- MENT, 1915-16
