THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. CYRUS NORTHROP, LL. D.. PERRY H. MILLARD, M. D., President. This Department is composed of the following named Colleges, to-wit: The College of Medicine and Surgery, the College of Homœopathic Medicine and Surgery, and the College of Dentistry. THE COLLEGE YEAR. The third course of instruction will commence Monday evening, October 6th, 1890, and continue eight months. There will be no lectures on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday vacation begins December 20th and closes January 5th. COURSE. To meet the requirements of the constantly increasing expansion of Medical Science, this department has been organized, with a view of affording the student of Medicine or Dentistry a thorough course of medical and Dental instruction. It is with satisfaction that the announcement is made that the Legislature has wisely provided the necessary means for the establishment of the various colleges comprising this department, upon a basis that will enable the Regents to maintain a most competent corps of instructors. It is gratifying to know that the profession of the Northwest appreciates our efforts in establishing a high grade school. Of the one hundred and thirty-one matriculates, one hundred and twenty-five were in actual attendance during the session. Matriculates not able to pass the entrance examination, do not appear in the "roster of students," and their matriculation fee is returned. Laboratory work and clinical instruction will be a leading feature of this department. A thorough course of instruction will be required in Histology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Qualitative Analysis, Urinalysis, and Toxicology. The work in the various Laboratories will be under the direct supervision of the didactic professors, and not left to assistants. Where practicable, students are requested to take four course of lectures. The schedule is so arranged that a four year course can be taken to advantage. The curriculum in the Department of Medicine covers a period of three years, each year of which represents a course of lectures of eight months duration. Students from other colleges may be admitted, however, to the second year of lectures in the college which corresponds to their previous course of study, by furnishing evidence, (1), of their possession of the specified preliminary education or its alternatives; (2), of the prosecution of their medical or dental studies for one year, and (3), of attendance upon one full course of lectures in some recognized college of medicine or dentistry. Admission may similarly be gained to the senior year by furnishing evidence, (1), of the necessary preliminary qualifications; (2), of the continuance of their professional studies for two years, and (3), of attendance upon two full courses of instruction in some recognized medical or dental college; and finally, by sustaining satisfactory examinations, or giving evidence of having already successfully passed examinations in the studies of the first and second years. The students of all the colleges grouped under this department of the University will attend lectures in common upon Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry and Histology, and must pass satisfactory examinations in all of these studies before they complete the course or enter for the general examinations in either college. They will attend lectures in common upon such other branches as the faculty under which their studies are pursued may determine. No college that graduates students upon two courses of lectures is recognized by this department. Students of colleges not recognized, desiring admission to the junior or senior courses, will be required to comply with the rules governing the entrance examinations, and if the applicant desires admission to the senior year, he or she will be required to undergo an examination upon the studies of the first and second years. The students of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery attend lectures on Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry and Histology, in this depart ment. SPECIAL INSTRUCTION. Students or practitioners of medicine can pursue a course of instruction in one or more branches by the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars. These students are classed as "special students," and are not issued the regular certificate of attendance at lectures. OPENING LECTURES. Dr. Millard, the Dean of the Department, will deliver the opening lecture before the students of the College of Medicine and Surgery, at 8:00 P. M., Monday evening, October 6th. Dr. Brazie, Secretary of the College of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, will deliver the opening lecture before the students of this College at 8:00 P. M., Monday evening, October 6th. Dr. Bailey, Secretary of the College of Dentistry, will deliver the opening lecture before the students of this College at 3:00 P. M., Tuesday afternoon, October 7th. The opening lectures will be delivered at the Medical College building. By reference to the calendar, it will be observed that the courses of instruction in this department is extended, and closes the first Thursday in June of each year. It has been found quite impracticable to afford the student a thorough course of instruction in the short period of six months. LOCATION. The University proper is located in East Minneapolis, corner of University and Fourteenth avenues S. E., but lectures will be delivered and the laboratory work conducted at the buildings formerly occupied by the Minnesota Hospital College, corner Sixth Street and Ninth avenue south, near which point students should secure lodgings. The clinical instruction will be given at the various dispensaries and hospitals in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. Special arrangements will be made with the railroads for the transportation of students to the weekly clinic to be held at St. Paul, thus affording students the advantages of material for instruction from two large cities. The faculty is well represented upon the staff of all the large hospitals in these two cities, and special arrangements will be completed for giving clinical instruction. EQUIPMENT. The University is well equipped for laboratory work. The general museum comprises the collections of the Geological and Natural History Surveys of the State, and containing upwards of twelve thousand specimens, will be at the disposal of students for purposes of examination and study. Laboratory work will be a special feature of this department. The library of the University contains upwards of twenty-five thousand volumes, and is open daily for the use of students of all departments. Several thousand dollars are being spent in the purchase of additional apparatus, charts, manikins, etc. ENROLLMENT. Students will enroll with the Registrar at the Medical College building, commencing Monday, October 6th. Previous to this date they may enroll at the main University building. After enrollment the student will report to the committee conducting the entrance examination. Students unable to pass this examination will have their enrollment fees returned to them. Those passing the preliminary entrance examination, will report to the Secretaries of the various colleges for classification. Seats are assigned in order of enrollment. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. The entrance examinations will commence at 9 A. M. Tuesday, Oct. 7th, at the medical college building. This examination will be conducted by a committee consisting of the Dean, assisted by the secretaries of the college of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, and the College of Dentistry. QUALIFICATIONS. Applicants for admission to the College of Medicine and Surgery, the College of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, or the College of Dentistry, will be required to prove their fitness to enter these colleges: 1. By writing legibly and correctly an English composition of not less than two hundred words. 2. By evincing reasonable familiarity with Latin Grammar or passing an examination in either French, German, or one of the Scandinavian languages. 3. By passing an examination upon either the elements of Algebra, Plane Geometry, or Botany. 4. By passing an examination in Elementary Physics. It is provided, however, that students, matriculates or graduates of reputable colleges of Science, Literature and Arts, or graduates of High Schools of the first grade, shall be exempt from the provisions of this examination. Applicants are given one year to make up a condition in the entrance examination. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS. These examinations are held the last two weeks of the regular session. An examination is held the first week of the session for students conditioned in former examinations and for new students desiring advanced classifications. The standing of students are determined by term "quizzes" and final written examinations. The standing of students are made known at the end of the session. Frequent class examinations, or “quizzes," will be conducted by each professor, and are considered an important feature of the course. Attendants upon at least four-fifths of the lectures under each chair is requisite in order to entitle the student to enter for final examination, or to a certificate of attendance. GRADUATION. Candidates for graduation, and for the degrees conferred by the University upon graduates of the colleges in this department, must possess the following qualifications: (1), They must be upwards of twenty-one years of age; (2), they must be of good moral character; (3), they must have spent three full years in the study of medicine or dentistry; (4), they must have attended three full courses of lectures, the last of which, at least, must have been in this University, and the two former in this or some other recognized university or college of medicine or dentistry, and (5), they must have sustained satisfactory examinations in the various branches of study, in accordance with the rules of the general faculty. DEGREES. In the Department of Medicine, the following degrees will be granted by the University: To graduates of the College of Medicine and Surgery, the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M. D.). To graduates of the College of Homœopathic Medicine and Surgery, the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.). To graduates of the College of Dentistry, the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.). Graduates of the College of Dentistry can obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine by attending one full course of lectures in either of the allied colleges, and by passing the final examinations required therein. Similarly graduates of the College of Medicine and Surgery, or of the College of Homœopathy, can obtain the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery by attending one full course of lectures in the College of Dentistry, and by passing the final examinations in that college. FEES. Students of the various colleges of the department will be uniformly charged as follows: Matriculation fee, payable annually, for students who are actual residents of Minnesota, $10.00; for all others, $25.00. Lecture courses, annually, for students of Minnesota, $25.00; for all others, $35.00. Material for dissection, $10.00 per part; bodies are divided into four parts for dissection. Histological and Pathological laboratory courses, not to exeed $5 for both courses. Freshman course in Qualitative Analysis, $10.00. Junior course in Toxicology and Urinalysis, $5.00. Graduates of the College of Science, Literature and the Arts, of the University, are not required to pay the annual fee of $25.00, it being the policy of the Board of Regents to encourage our own graduates to enter our own professional schools. |