Year: 1864
Type: editorial
Abstract: Chicago Medical Societal-This Society continues to pros per in cur city.We are glad to see that most of the welleducated young men who locate in the city, promptly seek for membership, and are cordially received.With the commence ment of October, the weekly meetings of the Society were resumed, and have been well attended.Though the meetings as heretofore conducted are interesting and profitable, yet wre think there is room for improvement, especially in the manner of discussing important questions in pathology and practice.Instead of restricting each member to ten minutes in the dis cussion, for the purpose of allowing all the members opportunity to speak during the same evening, it would be more interesting and profitable to have those who speak on any subject occupy time enough to develop all the facts concerning it, and if neces sary let the same topic be continued for two or three evenings in succession.The ten minutes rule leads to a disultory con versation, without the thorough discussion of anything.Chicago Medical College.-Thefifth annual course of in struction, in this institution, commenced on Monday evening, October 10.The general introductory lecture was delivered by Dr. M. 0. Ileydock, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Lecturer on Materia Medica.The lecture room of the college was well filled, chiefly with medical students and practitioners.The evident object of the lecturer, was to strongly impress upon the minds of the class
Source: PubMed Central
Language: English
Topic: Health and Medical Education
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4384922590
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