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y . r u iTimrTiTiriiW irrriiMMMgii Sketck of tke History of the Medical College of Virginia HE present Medical College of Virginia is the outgrowth of the medical department of Hampden-Sidney College. In 1835, that time honored institution established a medical department in Richmond. The old Union Hotel at Nineteenth and Main streets was the first hospital and school building. Due to a sacrificing and energetic faculty, the Medical College at Richmond, as it was called, made splendid progress. In 1844 the General Assembly of Virginia loaned, upon security of the faculty, sufficient money from the Literary Fund to erect the fine specimen of Egyptian style architecture building that now stands at the corner of Thirteenth and Marshall streets. During the next ten years, difference arose between the faculty of the Medical Department at Richmond and the Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College. Separation became necessary. In 1854 the connection with Hampden-Sidney was severed. By the act of the Legislature, the institution became the Medical College of Virginia. From that time on, it has been a corporation under State control and governed by a board of visitors, appointed by the Governor. In 1859-60 came one of the most familiar incidents in the history of the college. Disgusted with the attitude of Philadelphia and the incidents leading up to Brown ' s Raid at Harper ' s Ferry, the group of medical students, known as the Philadelphia Seceders, led by Hunter McGuire, came to the Medical College of Virginia. There were two hundred and fifty-nine of them. They received a great reception in Rich- mond. This sudden increase in the enrollment furnished the basis on which the college received an additional appropriation from the State Legislature. Then came the days of 1861-65. The Medical College of Virginia was the only medical college in the South to maintain its course of medical instruction during the entire war. It is also worthy of note that the professors, students and alumni of this institution cared for the greater number of sick and woun ded who were confined to Richmond during those arduous days. It is estimated that at times there must have been as many as 40,000 patients within the city. Dr. Douglas Freeman said, If this old college had nothing else to which to claim title, there would be a laurel of fame for it and there should be a lasting place for it among the great medical schools of this country for the manner in which it met in the sixties the overwhelming task of caring for the sick and wounded. In 1879 the General Assembly of Virginia gave the faculty the right to confer the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy upon such candidates as having attended two full iill IS! 13 BiaaMiMWttiiiint ' ii r Virginia yf n
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JS: ' SMit i.Mm coil rses of lectures in materia medica, therapeutics, and in chemistry and pharmacy, and having been thoroughly examined by them and compiled with such regulations as may be adopted by the faculty, shall be deemed worthy of that distinction. In 1897-98 a division of the college was made into three parts — Medicine, Denistry and Pharmacy. The consolidation of the Medical College of Virginia and the University College of Medicine was effected in 1913. And in 1914 the Charlotte Medical College became a part of the Medical College of Virginia. In the recent war the alumni of this school took an active part. Many of the grad- uates served with distinction. A base hospital unit and an ambulance corps went out from here. Both saw active service in France. In this brief outline, nothing has been said of the effect that this medical college has had on the medical education generally and especially in the South. We are assured that it has not been without great influence. We have said nothing of the development of the School of Nursing. This would constitute an interesting chapter. We have touched upon the part the alumni of the Medical College of Virginia have played m times of war. We have said nothing of their services in times of peace We are led to believe that this would constitute the greatest and most satisfactory chapter We present you with this brief sketch for what it is worth. May it inspire someone to write a real history of this historical institution. L. C. Bird. 14 mmmm
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