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THE MEDICAL COLLEGE. 205
During the third year the general principles of medicine, surgery,
therapeutics and obstetrics are studied and clinical instruction is given
in these branches. A course in physical diagnosis and practical thera
peutics is also given.
The study of certain special branches,
such as hygiene and toxi
cology, diseases of children and clinical neurology, is also begun.
During the fourth year the instruction is almost entirely clinical,
the classes being divided into sections for bedside instruction in the
wards of the various hospitals and for work in the dispensaries.
Clinical microscopy is studied in connection with the medical cases ;
operative surgery is taught to small classes ; practical therapeutics is
taught at the bedside and gynaecology in the hospital wards. Students
attend cases of labor in connection with their service at the Mothers '
and Babies'
Hospital, both at the hospital and under proper super
vision at the homes of the patients. The various special branches of
medicine and surgery are studied clinically, viz. : dermatology, genito
urinary diseasss, laryngology and rhinology, ophthalmology and
otology, orthopaedics, diseases of children and insanity. The small
sections into which the classes are divided afford abundant oppor
tunities of practical work for each student.
The association of women with men in the various didactic, clinical
and laboratory exercises of the third and fourth years has given per
fect satisfaction to all concerned. The theoretical objections to their
presence with men have not been found in practice.
The courses for the entire four years are given in New York, and
the first two years are duplicated at Ithaca. Men students may take
half in Ithaca and the other half in New York, or the entire course in
New York ; women students must take the first two years of the
course in Ithaca (where a home is provided for them in Sage College
for Women), and the last two years in New York.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE SEPARATE
BRANCHES OF STUDY.
Anatomy.
Anatomy is taught in the first and second years by lectures, recita
tions, section demonstrations, and dissection. A review quiz to pre
pare for state and hospital examinations is held during the fourth
year.
Lectures are confined to practical applied anatomy and are given by
the Professor of once a week Anatomy to students of the first year
and three times a week to students of the second year. In the first