HISTORY
Hannaford & Rons, anrl the const,'nction of one of the units is partially completed. Membership is open to any stuueut of the School of Medicine, allu the present mem.
ATHLETICS
Competitioll for the above pI'izes is open to e"e!'y member of the Society, each member Illl\'ing the pridlege of submittillg a paper durillg each year, and writing upon any subject that may appeal to him.
Course of Study
Therefore, the work of the first and second year Ht.udent., is so arranged that they will not have more than two subjects at the same time. In addition, the courses are so ananged t.hat each will be preparatory for the sllccecding ones.. rhus the litlHly of aIJatomy, organic chemsitr,v, physiolo{,rical chembtry amI bacteriology will constitute the work of the first year,. From th is hricr resume it will he seen that C\'cry effort will be made to train ilie studcut so that he uwy enter his junio!' year well prepared in the fundamenta I hrarJ('hc.~, thus cnahling' him to apply this knOWledge in his dispcnsary allll heel. side work.
The sa me lH'inciple of conccntl'a t ion, in tcadli 1Ig-, is carried on in the third anll fom'th clai'i'ei'. The first three hom'R of tIle morning are gi\'en 111' entirely to !'ccitations, During the remainder of jhe day the alh-anced classefi are dh'irlerl into small sectious a1l(1 placed in the laboratories, the \\'arrls of the hospitals anll in the out.patient depal'tment.
Calendar
This course will be giyen in the College of Arts and Science of the lJniyersity, and students desiriug informa- tion concerning this course will write the Dean of that depa rtmen t. ADVAXCED STA:KDING,. Any student whose b'1'ade falls uelow 5;:; pel' cent on allY three suujects at mid-sessioll examinations will ue required to withdr'aw from school until the ueginning of the next session,. Examinations during the lecture hour may be held at any time at the option of the professor',.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY . ])epnrtment it is awarded each year to the graduate who a ttains the highest U\'erage grade in the wOl'k of the fOUl th year of his meuical COUlse. AI'I'OINT:\IEXTs.-Numerous appointJl1ent!~ to intern- ships are at the disposal of the Faculty each year, in his.
FEES
SCHOLAHSHII'S.-To each student attaining the highest avel'age gl ade in the first, second, and thiru years will ue awal ded a scholarship valued at fifty doHms, which will lJe credited on the tuition of the following year. The work in the fOUl'th eyar is entirely practical, be- ginnin~ with laboratory work. The nll'iou~ i nstrue1Ol's anti llssista n tS l'ond uct section wOl'k in the Dispensllry.
As Bacteriol- ogy and Bematolob')' are taught in the first and second yeurs, their practical application is required in the ward and dispellHaJ'y sections. Lessons are assigned and recitations conducted, but the bulk of the instruct ion is practical-in the wards of the City Hospital and in the Dispensary.
SENIOR YEAR
DISEASES OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
OBSTETRICS
Associate Profe:<sol's: I In. The instl'Uction in this course is takcn up during the third and fourth years. Didactic lectures to the third- year stud en ts are gh'en two hours a wcek d uri ng the second term, on the anatom.)" of the femalc gcuital organs and of the peh'ic floor. The disorders of meu:-:trua tion and inflammatory disorders of the uterus aIllI appeudagcs are also co\'ered, During the fourth year the work i'i nearly all practical.
Two didactic hours per week aJ'C given during the first term, taking up disl'ases of the breast, uterine aud ovarian tumors, cauceI', cxtra uteriuc pregnancy and laceratious of the pclvic floOl' aud ccrvix. In this way each student is alforllcl] amplc opportuuity for the examination of he female, the use of the \'arious examiuing instI'uments aUtl pessaries, Once a wcck three student" are J'clJuired to assist the operator iu thc various gynecolo;,.;cal opera- tious.
MENTAL AND NEHVOUS DISEASES
POST-GRADUATE COURSEs.-The laboratory, having a most complete outfit of all the necessary apparatus, is especially adapted for post-graduate instruction, as well as for the instruction of students who desire to take a special course in laboratory resear'ch, Post-graduates de- siring to avail themseh'es of modern methods of micro- scopic diagnosis, will find every facility extended for pur- suing their studies. The laboratory is open for instruc- tion at least six honrs each day, and the professor or his assistants will be available at such hours as do not con- flict with special clinical or other post-graduate work. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 31 clinic hour special attention is paid to a systematic ex- amination of the patients by the class.
Members of the fourth-year class are taken in sections to the Central Hospital for the Tnf;ane, where abundant m~terial is available for the study of mental diseases.
PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY
ADVAXCED WORK IN HESEAHCII IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PHAR~IACOLOGY
CIIE~IISTRY
The recitations will be associacd with a study of the g-I'OSS aJl(1 h istologica] cha racters of the lesions concel'J\cd, and, when possible. will be illustrated by means of specimens allll experiments. No only must the student study these sections. but he is also r~nired to dial!nose. drU\~' f1nr] writc fuB descl'iptions of them.. l'he slides ilIustJ'ate the suhject studied in the conference of the same day.. ticable, animal eXlleriments are shown. Alltop8ic8,-Durin~ his third year each student will perfoJ'lIl autopsies undCl' the Ilireetion of memoers of the der:lltlllcnt.
The slllllent who performs the autopsies will also make a ntitlostOFi<.: study of the ti~sues reo IIlO\'ed, allll WI ite a report which will give iu detail the gro~s anll lIIicroseopit fi))(lings, The lIecessary oacterio- log-ieal work of the autopsies will also oe dOlle oy these students. This work is done u))(lel' the supelTision of nl('mhers of the stall' amI the leports are tiled with the case histories of the patients.
CLINICAL MICROSCOPY
1he wlittell exumillation deals with the ~uojects nlJ ('ady ~tlJ(lied tlm'ing the course, 'l'he prattit'al exumi. IlHtion at iii~t tun~ist~ of pus~illg on the reguhll' class slides, latcr t he slides will oe ootailled fl'om sUJ'gicul alltl autop~y material. Surgical PIIlltolngy,-Surgical material from the hos- pitnls is used fOl' teadting purposes, The fourth-year stu. deuts ,viII oe requL ed to writc a description of the gross llIlll mieloscori<.: findings of tissues which hm'e heen re- llIo'-ed hy Opel ation fl'om cases in their care.
A dral/('('(( Work aneZ Rcscarch,-Those students who han~ h:lll the tlainill~ lIeeessal'Y for Hth'anced work will he el)('OUIa<.?;ellto undertake special study of prohlems in hi:-:tolog-i<.:a] :11 III experimental pathology, The labornto. The stndellts will ue l'erJllired to make ('0111plete la "ora tor'y cxamillatiOlls 011 patiellts in the Ilispen:-:arj'.
COURSES
The work will be largely practical; it will include every stage in the preparation of material for micro- scopic study from the autopsy to the completed common methods, but special methods will be mount. A complete amI thorough CO\lJ'se in ,'enereal diseases will he ~h'en to the t hiId-year class, comprising one lec- tu!'e and a dinic each week. In addition to this, the third and fourth-year classes are d h'idcd ill to small sections, and given instrnction in the Dispensary.
To this e!ul the uses of the elldo- f;cope, cystoliCoIJe and other diagnostic instruments will he shown unon Iidllg snbjects; alHI e,'ery variety of clinics. exhihiting the '-Mious forms of hlallder mul kid- ne." diseases. will be presented for inspection, diagnosis find treatment hy the stlHlent. Ample o)l)lortllniy will he gh'en to familiari7:e ('ach 811ulen t wi t h the nse of Ihe Cystoscope by llemonstra lion upon the phantom blallcler.
PREVEXTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIEXE
Renior students receh'e instruction on the special physiological peculiarities of infants, their nutl'itional demands awl diseases of the new b01n. Then is taken up in detail the problems of infant fcerling, the digcsti,'e diseases of iufancy, and such disturbances in nutrition as l"ickets, marusr~us, etc. A special feature of the fOll1'th-~-earwork is practical instruction in intuhation on the carlm'er.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
ANAERTHETICS
A special feature of the fOll1'th-~-earwork is practical instruction in intuhation on the carlm'er. .. FOlll h-year students also hare clinical instruction in the disrensary mHI wards by 1>1'. The course of instruction in this department will con- sist of a thorough course of lectures combined with class rccitations, covcring all of the medicines and prepara- tions which are recognized by the U. S. Pharmacopmia and National Formulary as well as those of ,'alue found in the lealling dispensatories. Oombined with thc course in Materia 1\Iedica will be given a comprehensive course in Pharmacognosy, and the student will h:n'e an opportunity to familiarize him- self with the physical and chemical properties of the drugs which he studics, as well as their medicinal prop' erties.
The newer remedies that h:we been l)l'oven of ,'alue and recognized by the medical profession, though they are not discussed in the phal'macopmia, will be taught, so tha t the medical student may learn to use drugs of value without the aid of the oft.mislealling literature of aggressh'e and uuscl'upulous drug manufactrll'ers. On arrh-ing in the city the studcnt can best reach the South Oampns by taking a stI'cet car a the depot and riding to the Transfer Station, there transferring either to a car markcd "4th .\ve.
CO~DI UNTCATIOXS,
GENERAL HONOR ROLL
Martriculants, School of Medicine
Graduates, 19!i9
