THE WEEKLY JOURNALS. OUR readers are already informed that three of the great Eastern cities, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York; has now a weekly journal apiece. We read them all with much interest and attention, but must regret that they do not seem to get along quite harmoniously. To do justice to all parties, the New York journal (the Medical Press is its title) seems to have hitherto acted upon the defensive; the others having attacked it, sometimes for publishing clinics more colloquial than dignified; sometimes for putting forward too prominently the peculiar merits of New York as a field for medical education; sometimes for one thing, and sometimes for another. Now, to our mind, the Medical Press is a very readable brochure. Its editors are young and inexperienced, but if they have some of the impetuosity of youth, they have a good deal of its energy; and their critics should remember that youth is a fault much more likely to improve with time than age. Any how, their critical contemporaries will, we respectfully suggest, find themselves better employed in trying to make their own journals better than that which they criticise, than in picking holes in their brother's coat: not that the Gothamite seems to suffer; on the contrary, he holds his own with both of them. D. F. W. NECROLOGICAL. MÜTTER. From the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter, we learn the demise of Professor Thomas D. Mütter, the venerable Emeritus Professor of Surgery of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Prof. Mütter, it is well known, resigned his chair in Jefferson College in the spring of 1855, with the hope of recruiting his shattered health by relaxation and travel. He spent several years in Europe, and finally passed last winter in the South, terminating his earthly existence at the Mills House, Charleston, S. C., on Wednesday, March 16. Professor Mütter will be remembered with veneration by numerous physicians in all parts of the United States, in whose education he assisted. BOLING. Scarcely less known in connection with medical education in the South was Dr. W. K. Boling, whose lamented death is just announced to us. Dr. Boling formerly held a chair in the Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; but, like Dr. Mutter, was for several years prevented by feeble health from pursuing the active duties of his profession, for which his high mental qualifications so eminently qualified him. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RESIDENT BOARD AND FACULTY of Shelby MEDICAL COLLEGE, Nashville, Tenn. TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. Gentlemen :-We have the honor of reporting to you the successful termination of the first session of this institution. By the subjoined catalogue, you will learn that fifty students were in attendance during the session, eleven of whom received their diplomas of graduation as Doctors of Medicine at our commencement on the 24th of February. The preliminary session commenced the first week in October, 1858, and the regular course of lectures on the first of November. In pursuing the educational curriculum, much aid was derived, as anticipated, from the immediate vicinity of the City Hospital, at which regular clinical lectures were given, and a variety of surgical operations performed before the class. During the early portion of the session, the remainder of the extensive and beautiful assortment of anatomical and pathological preparations arrived from Paris and Philadelphia, thus completing the demonstrative resources of the institution, to the satisfaction of teachers and the great advantage of the students. The satisfaction expressed by the latter in the facilities for study, and the assurances of many friends at home and abroad, lead us to anticipate a highly successful session in the winter of 1859-1860. LIST OF STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT SHELBY MEDICAL COLLEGE DURING THE SESSION OF 1858-9. Tennessee,.. Ford and Callender. Louisiana, C. Nagle. Tennessee, Taliaferro and Turner. F. G. Mason,.................. Mason's Grove, . Tennessee, .. S. R. Spain. Y. A. Matthews, Germany, Brownsville, Jackson, .... ..... ..... Richmond, Elkton,...... Knoxville, N. Carolina,. Winston, Leach, and McNeill. Tennessee,.. Oglethorpe Med. Col'ge. Ohio, Tennessee, E. B. Haskins. Georgia, Miami Medical College. Oglethorpe Med. Col'ge. Alabama, J. W. Fennell. .... Tennessee,.. G. A. J. Mayfield. Alabama, Ford and Callender. Tennessee,.. Taliaferro and Turner. Tennessee,.. George Snider. Arkansas, E. L. Hamilton. Tennessee, .. Dr. Sherrill. Tennessee,.. R. O. Currey & R. Snead. W. Sul. Springs,.. Georgia, J. W. Stinson. At a commencement held at McKendree Church, Nashville, on Thursday, February 24, 1859, the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon the following gentlemen, by Rev. A. L. P. Green, D. D., President of the Board of Trustees. William Henry Watkins,... Franklin, .... Georgia, Scarlatina. .......... The following gentlemen received diplomas of admission ad eundem gradum : Greenville Dowell, M. D., of Texas. W. G. McKenzie, M. D., of Tennessee. REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION, ETC. 1. The candidate must have attained the age of twenty-one years, and have applied himself to the study of medicine for three years under the supervision of a reputable practitioner of medicine. 2. He must have attended two complete regular courses of lectures in a reputable school of medicine, the latter one being in this College. Four years of reputable practice, with satisfactory evidences of the fact, will be received as a substitute for one course. 3. The candidate for admission to a degree must exhibit to the Dean his tickets, as proof that the regulations above have been complied with; and at the same time deliver to the Dean a Thesis of his own composition on some medical subject. 4. Graduates of other respectable medical schools are admitted to the lectures on payment of the matriculation fee. *Valedictorian. 5. An affirmative answer in writing will be required to the following question: Is it your present intention to practice regular medicine, and to abjure all forms of empiricism, and all systems of practice based upon a sectarian organization, or an exclusive dogma; and to conform to the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association? Finally, we report with much pleasure that the College will go into operation next session, with its Faculty unaltered-its members being as follows: JOHN FREDERICK MAY, M. D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery. E. B. HASKINS, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. JOHN P. FORD, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. JOHN H. CALLENDER, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. THOMAS L. MADDIN, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, Descriptive, Histological, and Surgical. DANIEL F. WRIGHT, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Pathology. RICHARD O. CURREY, M. D., Professor of Medical Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence. All which is respectfully submitted by JOHN P. FORD, DEAN. |