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

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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LEE E. SUTTON, JR. 8.S.. M.D. DEAN THE DEANS OF HARRY BEAR D D S.. FA. CD. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY r z 5 xra H i

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xrr the second year was nne luiiidrecl eiiility. A graded course was offered in all departments anil, in niediciiie, extended over three years. The institution first occu- pied the former residence of Alexander II. Stephen, vice-president of the Confederacy. In a few ears it was in possession of a new building of its own. . disastrous fire in 1910 produced a desperate situation from which the institution was rescued by the munifi- cent contribution of $100,000 from the citizens of Rich- mond tcuvard the erection of another wew building I ' he N ' irginia Hospital with 125 beds, a training school and ' a large corps of trained nurses was close by and under the entire control of the faculty. This new school was an admirable stimulus to better medical teaching in Richmond. The old college began at once to look to its laurels. The facult vas enlargetl and George Ben Johnston, who at this time liecame pro- fessor of surgery, asserting his natural gift of leader- ship, assumed much the same role in the old school that Dr. McGuire did in the new. .It became thence- forward a battle between these superior men and their respective faculties. The old school began by reorganizing its hospital, Avhich after 1895 was known as the Old Dominion Hos- pital. A school of nursing was instituted by Miss Sadie Heath Cabaniss, a graduate of Johns Hopkins Hos- pital, under Miss Isabel Hampton. Under her high ideals and strict discipline it became a school to b ' proud of. The medical curriculum was expanded and length- ened until in 1894 it became a three-year gradetl course of instruction. In 1899 the four-year course was adopted. The presence of a competitor instead of re- ducing its enrollment, increased it, so that by 1895 its students numbered one hundred thirty-nine. The in- tense rivalry of the two institutions created t vo hitter factions in the medical profession in Richmond, Init it put nearly every physician to studying and teaching medicine and accomplished what the old schcxd alon? had not been able to do — it stemmed the tide of ' lr- ginia students seeking a medical education in the North. In a single year Virginia medical students in Virginia institutions increased from 225 to 450. Such a situation in a city as small as Richmond could not always endure. It became more and more difHcult to find money to support both schools, for both had radically reduced tuitions. Leaders wearied of the in- cessant struggle and longed to exert their united strength in the general cause of medical education. In 1913, old differences were forgotten. The boards of 1 liimOlLll THE MEMORIAL HO, PITAL the two institutions met in joint session, amalgamated the two schools and selected a new faculty. Since that time, the Old Dominion Hospital, i860, has been replaced b St. Philip Hospital, 1920; Lab- oratory Building, 1896, replaced by Dooley Hospital, 1920; McGuire Hall and Old Virginia Hospital ac- quired by consolidation with the University College of Medicine, 1913; Memorial Hospital completed 1903, ac- quired by the college, 1913; Cabaniss Hall, 1928; St. Philip Dormitory, 1931; and the Library, 1932. The plant of the college is practically one-half coinplete. A new outpatient department and labora- tory building, a central heating plant, a new hospital for white patients adjoining the outpatient department, a dental school building, general remodeling of the in- complete top floor of McGuire Hall for experimental surgery with animals and other activities, and the fire- proofing of the Egyptian Building as a museum are some of the projects to be accomplished in the future. Their fulfillment will depend upon better financial con- ditions and the continued support of loyal, generous friends, and appropriatitins b the State. ' hen this plant has been ci:impletcd the luimber in the student body will even be less than at present. There will be, however, a fellowship system in graduate education, the emphasis in all schools and departments to be placed upon quality and not quantity.

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I J - ' 1 J SCHOOL OF PHARMACY WORTLEY F. RUDD Ph.B., M.A DEAN OUR COLLEGE FRANCES HELEN ZEIGLFR B.S., R,N. DEAN SCHOOL OF NURSING sVt