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

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■x Board of Publication G W. ScHENCK. Chairman R. W. STONEBURNER Senior J. F. Van-Pelt Junior J. M. Harwood Sophomore W. A. Simpson Freshman F. A. DuNFORD Senior Dental B. P. Jones Junior Dental N. J. Richards Freshman Dental Frank Larner Senior Pharmacy J. G. Ellisson Junior Pharmacy zr

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■x s College History HE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, as it now stands, is the result of the amalgamation of the two medical schools existing in Richmond prior to 1913, the Medical College of Virginia and the University College of Medicine, and the further amalgamation of the North Carolina Medical College with this. The history of the present college necessarily includes those of its three parts, and in brief we present them here: The Medical College of Virginia was established in 1 837, 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 to-day 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 practi- cally no drugs except those captured from the enemy, and with even less hospital equipment, were to minister to the wounds and illness of the ragged boys in gray, 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 1 892. 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 equipment, 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 continue d 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