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

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1870-1935 VlRfilNiA UOSJ ITAL ' S NEW AMBULANCE. : iiiy iHiliiiiiiii; ' :,! I ' ;ii ' iiiS!!S:i ' ;n ' ' :ii; ' l!!P!!!!!!!N!l!!! ' ' :!ri;i ' ;;! ■• ' ' :s! ' S. K,::;;;; iii ' ,,i l ' f ' iil! ' ' | ' iY wwmi With the war over , the U.S. began its era of expansion . East met West as railroads linked the Establishment East with the western frontier . Industrialization began to mustiroom , ' ' cooperates , monopolies , ' ' and labor unions became household words . The U.S. in this time became fascinated with the inventions by Bell , Edison and others . In this atmosphere of growth , the Medical College of Virginia began to expand also . In 1893 , a second medical school opened , the University College of Medicine; 1895 the School of Nursing was added and in 1898 the schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy were founded . The University College of Medicine and the Medical College of Virginia were consolidated in 1913 and the MCV name retained . As WW I began, MCV once again provided physicians to the armed forces serving throughout the world where men in U . S . uniforms were fighting . When the great influenza outbreak hit the U.S. in 1918, junior and senior medical students helped the State Health Department fill the demand for physicians . Classes were even suspended for some time . The Depression hit MCV hard but out of those dismal times came a face-lift that MCV is still undergoing today. flashback 13

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EXPANSION

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MCV 1935-1976 As World War II neared , the physical face of MCV began to change . By 1941 the A . D. Williams Memorial Clinic and the 18 story main MCV Hospital were completed . With WWII , MCV once again provided the armed forces with surgeons , nurses , physicians and all other forms of health care. The 1950 ' s brought an expanded building program with the Wood Memorial Building for Dentistry and the E.G. Williams Hospital being built . The 1960 ' s and the space age projected MCV into a national role as a leading Medical Center. MCV led the way in organ transplant , cancer research and heart transplant successes . It now boasts the largest medical education building in the Southeast , Sanger Hall . Merger was the name of the game in 1968 as the General Assembly of Virginia combined Richmond Prof essionaT Institute with MCV and brought Virginia Commonwealth University into being . As a major urban university, doors have opened wide to provide the best educational opportunities for people of all races and nationalities. Amidst a world of changing values and ideas , history gives way to the reality of the present as we stand face to face with 1976. 14 flashback