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COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The regular graduating session of 1884-85 began September 9, 1884, and will close March 4, 1885. Written examinations are held monthly, clinics at hospitals and dispensary. A three-years' graded course is substantially required for graduation.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics. theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, dermatology, psychological medicine, ophthalmology and otology, diseases of children, and diseases of the throat and chest.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-" Graduates from recognized colleges, scientific schools or medical institutions, and students presenting certificates of competency from the censors of the medical society of the county from which they come, will not be required to pass the preliminary examination on joining the school. All others will be required to pass examinations by a page written at the time, of which the orthography, grammatical construction and penmanship will be considered, and in arithmetic, grammar, geography and elementary physics.

For graduation: i) twenty-one years of age: 2) good moral character; 3) threeyears' study; 4) "three-years' graded course in this college, or the equivalent of the first two courses elswhere and the last in this college," except as hereafter provided; 5) thesis; 6) "satisfactory examination in the several branches of medicine and surgery, final examinations being conducted chiefly in writing." Regular and punctual attendance is required.

The proviso above referred to is as follows: "1) That graduates of recognized literary colleges, scientific schools or colleges of pharmacy will be allowed to present themselves for graduation at the end of their second full course if all other requirements for graduation are fulfilled; 2) that students desiring to enter the second year class may do so if they successfully pass an examination in anatomy, materia medica, chemistry and physiology, and are deemed competent so to enter; and 3) that students who have attended a full course of lectures elsewhere may enter the senior class on passing a satisfactory entrance examination in all the departments. Students entering the second-year class, in either instance as above provided, must attend the full course of lectures each year, and are examined in all the branches at the end of their second course. Students entering the senior class as above provided must attend the full course of lectures, and are examined in all the branches at its close."

FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $100; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $25; laboratory, $10.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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Average percentage of graduates to matriculates during the past seven years, twenty-nine.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. University Medical College.

NEW YORK CITY. CHARLES INSLEE PARDEE, M. D., Dean, 410 E. Twenty-sixth Street. ORGANIZED in 1841. The first class was graduated in 1842. Classes have been graduated in each subsequent year.

The faculty embraces nineteen professors, fourteen assistant instructors, two demonstrators and nineteen clinical assistants.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The collegiate year of 1881-85 is divided into three sessionsa preliminary term, which began September 17, and continued until October 1. 1884; the regular winter course then began, and will continue to the middle of March, 1885; to be followed by a spring session of ten weeks immediately thereafter. Instruction consists of didactic and clinical lectures, recitations, practical demonstrations of subjects involving manipulation, and practice at the bedside and in the laboratories.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics, theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, ophthalmology, otology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology and mental diseases.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission, none.

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character: 3) "two winter sessions of lectures"; 4) three-years' study: 5) one course of practical anatomy; 6) satisfactory written examinations on surgery, chemistry, practice of medicine, materia medica, anatomy, physiology and obstetrics. Rejected candidates will not be permitted to apply for a re-examination for one year. Honorary degrees are not granted. Two com

mencements take place annually, at either of which the candidates who have complied with the above requirements may graduate; the first is at the close of the winter, the second at the close of the spring session.

FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $140: demonstrator, $10; graduation, $30; private instruction in practical branches, averaging $12 per course.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and average percentages of graduates to matriculates

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Average percentage of graduates to matriculates, thirty-three.

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REMARKS: With a view to the final establishment of a systematic, graduated scheme of tuition, students who have attended two full courses of lectures, and who have completed two years of study, may be admitted to a special examination in chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and, if successful, will be examined at the end of the next winter session on practice, materia medica and therapeutics, surgery and obstetrics.-Extract from the Forty-fourth Annual Announcement.

*Not including twenty-five post-graduates.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO.

BUFFALO, N. Y. CHARLES CARY, M. D., Secretary, 340 Delaware Street. ORGANIZED in 1846. The first class was graduated in 1847. Classes have been graduated each subsequent year.

The faculty embraces twelve professors, two lecturers and one demonstrator. The faculty of the spring course consists of ten lectures.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The regular term of 1884-85 commenced on September 25, 1884, and will continue twenty-two weeks. The spring course begins the first Monday after commencement, and continues eight weeks. The course of instruction includes scholastic and clinical teaching, with systematic recitations and special instruction. A three-years' graded course is recommended, but not required.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics, theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, toxicology, ophthalmology and otology, psychological medicine dermatology and microscopy.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-"A certificate from the student's preceptor of his moral character, and that he is duly entered, and properly qualified to study medicine. must be presented, on matriculating. The responsibility of sufficient preliminary education rests, of necessity, with the private instructor."

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) three years' study; 4) "dissection of the lateral half of the subject, either here or elsewhere;" 5) two full courses of lectures; 6) satisfactory examination in the several departments; 7) thesis.

FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $100; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $25; spring course, $15.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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Average percent. of graduates to matriculates during the past seven years, thirty-five.

REMARKS: CHAS. CARY, M. D., Secretary, writes: "Until we have in New York State a board of examiners-which I sincerely hope is in the near future-or until the leading colleges take the initiative, we in Buffalo can not very well establish matriculation examinations,-although we realize the fact that three out of ten students rejected last year, were rejected on account of deficient preliminary education."

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE.

NEW YORK CITY.

ORGANIZED in 1852. Extinct since 1857 (?).

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ROCHESTER ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.

ORGANIZED in 1851. Lectures delivered during three or four sessions. Extinct.

LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL,

BROOKLYN, N. Y. SAMUEL G. ARMOR, M. D., LL. D., Dean, 31 Schermerhorn Street. ORGANIZED in 1860. The first class was graduated in 1861; classes have been graduated each subsequent year.

The faculty embraces nine professors, two lecturers, eleven lecturers on special subjects, and one demonstrator. During the preliminary term there are engaged twelve lecturers and one demonstrator (mostly professors and lecturers of the regulation lecture term), and ten clinical assistants.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The collegiate year is divided into a preliminary and a regular term; the former, for the present year, began September 17, and continues until December 19, 1884; and the latter will begin January 5, and continues until June 3, 1885. A grade I course, extending over two collegiate years of nine months each, is recommended, but not required; fifty percent. of the entire class have taken this course for the last four years.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeuties, theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene. medical jurisprudence, laryngology, toxicology, ophthalmology and otology, diseases of children, dermatology, nervous diseases and genito-urinary diseases.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-"In the early part of the regular term candidates will have oral and written examinations, for the purpose of testing their general literary qualifications. Students who have already passed the written examinations in the elementary departments, and graduates of literary, scientifle and medical schools will not be required to pass the examinations for general literary qualification."

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) three years study: 4) two full courses of lectures, not completed in the same twelvemonth; 5) practical anatomy, to the extent of having dissected each region of the body; 6) one course of practicalhemistry and urine analysis; 7) one course in practical histology and pathology; 8) pass satisfactory examinations, both oral and written, in chemistry, histology, anatomy, physiology, materia medica, therapeuties, pathology, gynecology, obstetrics, surgery, and practice of medicine. But one examination each year.

FEES: Matriculation. $5; demonstrator, $5; chemical laboratory, $5; pathological laboratory. $5; lectures. $100; reading term, $40; graduation, $250.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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Average percentage of graduates to matriculates, thirty-four.

NEW YORK HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE.

NEW YORK CITY. EDGAR V. MOFFAT, M. D., Secretary, 149 W. Forty-fourth Street. ORGANIZED in 1860. The first class was graduated in 1861. Classes have been graduated each subsequent year.

The faculty embraces twenty-one professors, two assistant professors, four lecturers, eight clinical assistants and instructors, and four demonstrators.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The session of 1884-85 opened October 7, 1884. and terminates April 15, 1885. The course of instruction is graded, and provision is made for three classes of students-a junior, a middle and a senior class; but the curriculum for graduation may be completed in two courses of lectures.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics, theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, medical jurisprudence, diseases of the heart and lungs, diseases of children, laryngology, mental and nervous diseases, ophthalmology and otology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology and genito-urinary diseases.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-"An entrance examination will be held preliminary to matriculation, covering the simple English branches. Any college or high school graduate or student who has passed the entrance examinations to any regular literary college will be excused from this examination upon presenting diploma or satisfactory evidence to that effect."

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) good moral character; 3) three years study; 4) two full courses of lectures; 5) one course of practical anatomy; 6) satisfactory examination in each department; 7) thesis.

FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $125; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $30.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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BELLEVUE HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.

NEW YORK CITY, AUSTIN FLINT, Jr., M. D., Secretary of the Faculty.

ORGANIZED in 1861. The first class was graduated in 1862. Classes have been graduated each subsequent year.

The faculty embraces eleven professors, seven professors of special departments, one lecturer, seven demonstrators, fifteen assistants to chairs and two prosectors. Three lecturers give instruction during the spring term.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The winter session of 1884-85 began September 17, 1884, and will close in the latter part of March, 1885. The spring course will begin March 17, 1885, and continue until the middle of June. Attendance upon three courses of lectures is recommended, and provision is made for the examination of those pursuing this plan. Hospital clinics are numerous. Regular weekly quizzes are held by members of the faculty upon the subjects of the lectures; these examinations are confined to candidates for graduation.

Lectures embrace anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics theory and practice of medicine, pathology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology and otology, cutaneous and genito-urinary diseases, diseases of children, toxicology, diseases of the throat. Private courses on practical subjects are given by the faculty and instructors; average fee, $20.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-none,except for those who expect to present their tickets or diplomas for recognition in Great Britain. For such, a special matriculation examination is provided, upon the following subjects: English language, including grammar and composition; arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions; algebra, including simple equations; geometry, first two books of Euclid; Latin translation and grammar. In addition to the above, one of the following optional studies is required: Greek, French, German or natural philosophy, including mechanics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics; textbooks: Latin-Cæsar (De Bello Gallico), first two books; natural philosophy-Peck's Ganot, or Parker's philosophy; Greek-first chapter of St. John's Gospel; French-first chapter of Télémaque, or Charles XII.; German-Adler's Reader, first part. From those who expect to practice only in this country this examination is not required.

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) proper testimonials of character; 3 three years' study; 4) two full courses of lectures; 5) satisfactory examination in each o the seven departments of instruction, viz.; practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics

materia medica and therapeutics, physiology, anatomy and chemistry-the examinations upon practice of medicine and surgery include diseases of the nervous system, pathological anatomy, ophthalmology and diseases of the skin; 6) one course of practical anatomy.

FEES: Matriculation, $5; lectures, $140; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $30.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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Average percentage of graduates to matriculates, thirty-three.

REMARKS: There are three regular examinations for the degree: one at the close of the winter session, one at the close of the spring session, and one during the first week in October. The June and October examinations are exclusively for the benefit of those students who have attended the courses of lectures required, the last course being at this college, but whose time of study does not expire until the summer or fall. Graduates of other accredited colleges are examined in all the departments, the same as undergraduates, and must fulfill all the requirements demanded of undergraduates. The faculty will not grant a degree to any graduate of three or more years' standing who does not exhibit to the secretary a certificate of membership in some medical society entitled to representation in the American Medical Association. This rule is invariable.

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN-Homeopathic. NEW YORK CITY. CLEMENCE S. LOZIER, M. D., Dean, 103 W. Forty-eighth Street. ORGANIZED in 1863. The first class was graduated in 1864. Classes have been graduated each subsequent year,

The faculty embraces seventeen professors, three lecturers and one demonstrator. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION: The regular session of 1884-85 began October 2, 1884, and continues twenty-four weeks. The curriculum of studies extends over a three-years' graded course, and is arranged as follows: "First year, theoretical and inorganic chemistry, physiology, general and descriptive anatomy, histology, hygiene-dissections will be oblig atory on all students of this year; second year, organic chemistry, with toxicology, histology and pathological anatomy, physiology, anatomy, hygiene, materia medica, surgery, obstetrics, pathology and practice of medicine. Students of this year will attend such clinical lectures as the faculty may approve, and are expected to finish their dissections to the satisfaction of the professor of anatomy.-Third year, continuation of pathology and practice of medicine, materia medica, obstetrics, gynecology, diseases of children, surgery, ophthalmology and otology, diseases of the chest, medical jurisprudence, pathological anatomy, and mental and nervous diseases. During this year students are required to attend the various clinics of the college. Each student will also be required to take charge of obstetrical cases." Actual attendance on lectures is required.

REQUIREMENTS: For admission-"Applicants for matriculation are required to give satisfactory testimony of moral character, together with proof of having arrived at the age of eighteen years; they must also pass an examination in the English branches."

For graduation: 1) twenty-one years of age; 2) three full years' study; 3) three complete courses of lectures; 4) thesis; 5) satisfactory examinations both before the faculty and the board of censors.

FEES: Matriculation, each year, $5; lectures, per session, $60; demonstrator, $10; graduation, $10.

STUDENTS: Number of matriculates and of graduates at each session reported, and percentages of graduates to matriculates

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The number of matriculates for the past seven years has averaged between 40 and 50 each year; and the average percentage of graduates to matriculates during the same period is twenty-three.

REMARKS: The trustees announce that "they will henceforth make the course of study unequivocally a three-years' graded course. While studying one

year with a preceptor may be excellent preparation for entering college, it can not take the place of the instruction given during the first year in college; hence this decision by the bad." There is no provision for admitting students to advanced standing by examination; but a literal compliance with the requirements of attendance upon three full lecture terms is specified as a condition of graduation.

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