ROGERS ;'. it .-. n -i\ ~k w fi Syllabus oi* a course 01 Medical Lnatians and Illustrations M-K7^7~C7 ■ V.. - Colmnbta (Bntomftp intljeCtipoflfrttigork College of ^fjpsrtrian* anb gmrgeon£ Htfcrarp Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Open Knowledge Commons http://www.archive.org/details/syllabusofcourseOOroge © st & & & m w @ o* A COURSE OP MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. BY & SMYTH ROGERS, M. D. JAMES M. PENDLETON, M. D. IIUMIIIIKI NETF. tORK: \ * PRINTED BY'T. AND J. SWORDS; No. 99 Pearl street 1823. *4&C -7V? /m COURSE EXAMINATIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS, &c. J. HE second year of our course being com- pleted, and our plan having received those al- terations and improvements which experience has suggested, we feel ourselves authorized to announce it as established on a permanent ba- sis ; and to offer to Medical Students an outline of the method of instruction we design here- after to pursue. We do this the more readily, as the patronage our institution has received, and the testimony of the gentlemen composing our classes, give us assurance of the utility of our system. At the opening of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of this city, on the first Monday in November of each year, we commence our examinations, and devote five evenings in the ( 4.) week to the various subjects comprised in the lectures of the Professors. The following order has been adopted. Monday — Theory and Practice of Medicine. In attending to this branch of study, we fol- low the arrangement which is observed in the College; illustrating the subjects, by a detail of the more interesting cases which occur in our private, and in Dispensary practice. Tuesday — Anatomy. Each examination in this department will embrace the lectures delivered by the Profes- sor of Anatomy on the six preceding days: the subjects will be regularly taken up in the order in which they are treated of, and every thing mentioned will be carefully noticed: ample notes and free access to the lectures — for which our best acknowledgements are due to the Pro- fessor—will enable us fully to accomplish this. Our anatomical collection, already extensive, will, before the next session, receive important additions, from some preparations which we expect to obtain from Europe. The result of the investigations which are constantly making in Physiology, will be particularly noted; and we shall pay especial attention to the enlarge- ment of our collection of morbid specimens^ for which we enjoy peculiar advantages, ( 5 ) Wednesday — Chemistry. The Text Book recommended by the Pro* fessor of Chemistry furnishes the outline of our course: our explanations are accompanied by a complete series of experiments, for which we have provided all the necessary apparatus. Thursday — Obstetrics and Materia Medica. As there are but three lectures delivered in the College, on the subject of Obstetrics, in each week, a portion only of the evening is al» lotted to this branch ; and we have connected with it, examinations on the Materia Medica. In the early part of the former course, we shall follow the Professor in his anatomical demonstrations of the parts concerned in par- turition : subsequently, the diseases, symptoms, and progress of labour will be considered ; and lastly, the circumstances which call for the use of instruments, and the mode of ap- plying them when occasion requires. Oppor- tunity is frequently afforded us, in the course of the session, to procure for students the important advantage of attending to cases of Midwifery. For the illustration of the Materia Medica, we are provided with a very extensive suite of specimens, comprising several hundred ( 6 ) articles : these are so arranged, as to exhibit the different qualities of the substances used in Medicine ; together with the various sub- stitutions aud adulterations which occur in the shops. Friday — Surgery. In arranging our anatomical preparations, we shall pay attention to the bearing they have on this branch. An extensive collection of bones serves to illustrate the subject of fractures and dislocations ; our vascular prepa- rations — that of aneurisms ; and nervous prepa- rations — that of the operations on the nerves. The different instruments employed in Surgery will be exhibited ; and the subject extensively illustrated by plates. As opportunities may occur, we shall afford our students the advant- age of witnessing the minor operations which present themselves in the course of our prac- tice at the Dispensary. The examinations will- scrupulously comprise the important observa- tions delivered by the Professor of Surgery. By allotting, as we have done in the above outline, an entire evening to each particular subject, we are enabled to take a distinct view of the lectures of a week, and thus to preserve the connexion which exists between the parts of the same branch, while we avoid the cor^ ( 1 ) fusion which would result from examining on the different subjects collectively. The hours of examination are from seven to nine o*clock on the evenings mentioned above : in addition to these, we occasionally devote Saturday evenings to the Class, as the sub- jects may require, and our own engagements permit. The price of our ticket is fixed at ten dot* ktrs. We cannot conclude this outline, without acknowledging the obligations we are under to many of our professional friends, for the liberal encouragement they have extended to us in our undertaking : by their kindness, many va- luable additions have been made to our col- lection, and numerous facilities have been afforded us, in the prosecution of our plan. J. SMYTH ROGERS, M. D. JAMES M. PENDLETON, M. D. No. 21 Warren-street New-York, 28*ft Feb. 1823. J ** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY This book is due on the date indicated below, or at the expiration of a definite period after the date of borrowing, as provided by the rules of the Library or by special ar- rangement with the Librarian in charge. DATE BORROWED DATE DUE DATE BORROWED DATE DUE C28(239)MI00 J Ro =00 =o ILO =o :0 R63