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

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facilities rapidly grew and in a short time the school developed to such an extent as to attain a high position among the medical schools of this country. While the school was growing each year larger and more efficient by these progressive stages, and while it was still in its infancy the Main College Building was burned in 1910. But those who had worked so hard to establish the school and to make it one of the leading institutions were not to be dismayed, and at once set about to build even a more modern structure with greater conveniences. Again the loyalty and determination of its supporters were rewarded by the citizens of Richmond who contributed more than $100,000.00 for a new building. As a result of this campaign a handsome new structure was erected at Twelfth and Clay Streets which is now used as the Main Building by the consolidated schools and which stands as a monument to the efforts of those who worked so faithfully from the beginning of the project. This magnificent new building is a model of com- pleteness, and has been furnished with every facility for the most advanced methods of medical education. Everything has been provided that would contribute to the convenience of the students and to thoroughness and efficiency in teaching. T 3

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=? From 1847 to 1854 even greater changes took place in the affairs of the Col- lege and in its Faculty. In 1853 Dr. Maupin resigned to become a professor at the University of Virginia, while Dr. Wyman had resigned in 1 847 to become a pro- fessor at Harvard. It should be remembered, however, that the world-renowned Brown-Sequard was elected to the Faculty in 1854. However, in 1854, following irreconcilable differences between the Faculty of Hampden-Sidney College and the Department of Medicine of that institution, an act of the General Assembly created a charter for what was to be henceforth known as the Medical College of Virginia, and vested its affairs in a Board of Visitors composed of nineteen members. From this time on it remained a State in- stitution and later at one time received an annual appropriation from the State of $30,000.00, and in 1 860 all its property was conveyed to the Literary Fund and has remained the property of the State since that day. After the war, in 1866, $1,800.00 was given the College and Dr. Hunter McGuire entered its Faculty. An Adjunct Faculty was created in 1871, having among its members Dr. William H. Taylor, Professor of Chemistry; Dr. John J. Skelton, Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women; Dr. George Ross (still living), Professor of Surgery. In latter years many changes and vicissitudes have been the part of the Old School, much self-denial and genuine altruistic work on the part of her Faculty, and a supreme spi rit of sacrifice for a noble institution with noble traditions. II. THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Owing to the great need of another school of Medicine in Richmond on account of the large size of the classes graduating each year from the Old School and other colleges, and because of further facilities necessary for satisfactory teaching, the University College of Medicine was accordingly established in 1 893 by a number of Richmond physicians under the leadership of Dr. Hunter McGuire. That the founders of this institution were amply rewarded for their earnest endeavor is clearly shown by the large number of students who at once began to matriculate from dif- ferent parts of the country. In fact, the student body grew to such proportions and the faculty was so enthusiastic for a modern medical school that it immediately began to expand and enlarge its field of influence. Both faculty and teaching

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