Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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' p i ' r = (I A Preface N TENDERING this volume, The X-Ray of 1914, to the Students and Faculty of the Medi- cal College of Virginia and the public in gen- eral, we are aware of its faults and short- comings, but for its contents we have no apolo- gies to make. AV ' e have tried to make it an annual of the whole student body. To those who are inclined to destructively criticize, we would ask them to reflect on the aid they have given to make it a success. To those who have received brickbats where they expected bouquets, we would ask that they take it in the spirit in which it was meant. We trust that at some future time when, after the years, our student days of the past will begin to grow dim, this volume will be deemed worthy a place on some A ledico ' s table ; there to recall the friendships, asso- . ciations, sorrows and joys of our student days of the long ago. The Editors. rAi ; . :: ! S S j £ z ..

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College History HE MEDICAL COLLEGE OE VIRGINIA, as it now stands, is the result of the amalgamation of the two medical schools existing in Richmond prior to 1913. These were the Medical College of Virginia and the University College of Medicine. The history of the present college necessarily includes those of its two parts, and in brief we present them here. The Medical College of Virginia was established in 1837, under a most liberal State charter. Its first quarters was the Union Hotel, at Nineteenth and Main Streets. In 1845 the building on Marshall and College Streets was completed ; this building standing today as one of the most beautiful examples of Egyptian architecture in the country. When the war between the States came on, this was the only medical college within the borders of the Confederacy which kept open its lecture halls. Two sessions of six months each were conducted to furnish the men who, with practically no drugs except those captured from the enemy, and with even less hospital equipment, were to minister to the wounds and ill- nesses of the ragged boys in grey, and to the hordes of their prisoners. After the war, the college fought with the rest of the South through the horrors of readjustment, and by the faithfulness of Faculty and Alumni kept up its march of progress. The University College of Medicine was founded in 1892. Under the policy of the college for more liberal and extensive medical education, the school grew rapidly. It had no State appropriation, and the funds necessary for its maintenance were largely met by the liberality of the Faculty. In January, 1910, the building was burned to the ground, together with its equip- ment, museum, and several invaluable personal collections of members of its Faculty. But fire could not burn the enthusiasm of its supporters, and lectures were immediately continued in nearby halls, and in the laboratories of the Medical College of Virginia, which were most kindly offered. Plans for rebuilding were soon made, and owing to the tireless work of the President, the Faculty and Board of Directors, a building was started on the site of ■■niwifiiMiin