History of the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1845-1902 / by Harvey Wickes Felter.

  • Harvey Wickes Felter
Date:
1902
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Credit: History of the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1845-1902 / by Harvey Wickes Felter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Secretary of the Anatomical Association. Upon this basis are made the distributions of the dissecting material among the various medical colleges— Eclectic Medical Institute (Eclectic), 238 students; Medical College of Ohio (Regular), 226; Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery (Regular), 98 ; Miami Medical College (Regular), 88 • Pulte Medical College (Homeopathic), 37 ; Woman’s Medical College (Regular), 35; Presbyterian Medical College, 14. The following, taken from Annual Announcements of the eight Eclectic Colleges recognized by the National Association, shows the relative strength of the College, as compared with other Eclectic Medical Colleges: MATRICULANTS. GRADUATES. Eclectic Medical Institute 288 47 American Medical College, 79 18 Bennett Medical College, 76 23 Georgia Eclectic Medical College, 70 28 California Medical College 63 13 Eclectic Medical College of City of New York 60 13 Indiana Eclectic Medical College, 24 9 Iowa Eclectic Medical College (suspended), 21 7 In May, 1895, the announcement was made that “hereafter but one session will be held each year, beginning in September, and continuing eight months.” This was an added step in the direction of higher medical teaching. Up to this time two sessions had been held each year; the college having had, in all, one hundred and one sessions. Later an increased length of attendance was declared, as follows: “ Students who attended here, or in some other accredited medical college, previous to March, 1895, will still be entitled to graduation if they have read medicine for four years and attended three sessions of six months each in three different years.” “Students who matriculate [here] for the first time on or after September 16, 1895, will be required to read medicine for four years, includ- ing attendance upon three annual courses of lectures of not less than eight months each, the last of which, at least, must have been in this Institute.” “ No two sessions within the twelve months will fill this requirement. This is in conformity with the regulations of the National Confederation of Eclectic Medical Colleges, of which this Institute is a member.”* On May 18, 1895, the following additions were made to the Faculty: L. E. Russell, M. D., of Springfield, O., was appointed to the Chair of Clinical Surgery and Operative Gynecology; John R. Spencer, M. D., of Cincinnati, to the Chair of Electro-Therapeutics; and George W. Brown, M. D., of Newport, Ky., Demon- strator of Histology and Pathology. The following changes were made in the Department of Clinical Instruction : W. E. Bloyer, M. D., Clinical Instructor in Medicine; L. E. Russell, M. D., Clinical Instructor in Surgery and Gynecology; E. T. Behymer, M. D., Clinical Instructor in Minor Surgery; W. N. Mundy, M. D., * Announcement for 1894-95, P- 8.