Chap. 8. 



EDUCATION AND LITERATURE. 



161 



CASTI-ETON MEDICAT. COLLF.GE. 



CATALOr.UE. 



such students of said academy as they 

 shall find worthy thereof." By an act of 

 November 7, 18'2'2, the name of the insti- 

 tution was altered to The Vermont Jlcade- 

 mij of Medicine. In 1820, a conventional 

 connexion was formed between this insti- 

 tution and Middlebury college, by which 

 degrees of Doctor of Medicine were con- 

 ferred on such students of the institution 

 as were found worth\% either at the annual 

 commencement of Middlebury college, or 

 at the annual commencement in Castle- 

 ton at the close of each lecture term, 

 which connexion ceased to exist in Vi'Zl. 



This institution owes its origin, tand 

 much of its prosperity in subsequent years, 

 to the enterprize, resources and unwearied 

 exertions of Doctors Gridley and Wood- 

 ward. The amount of patronage received 

 by this school and its successful opera- 

 tion until 1838, are liighly commendatory 

 of the wisdom of its trustees and the abili- 

 ty of its teachers. Until 183-5, lectures 

 were given in one annual lecture term of 

 14 weeks; during the years 1835, '36 and 

 '37, the lecture terms were semi-annual, 

 the s])ring term commencing in JVIarch, 

 and the fall term in August — each term 

 being 14 weeks. Near the anticipated 

 opening of the sjiring term of 1838, the 

 severe indisposition of professor Wood- 

 ward, which terminated his career of use- 

 fulness, and the unexpected declination 

 of two members of the faculty to engage 

 in the organization of a rival school, and 

 some other unpropitious events, served 

 to interrupt and suspend the operations of 

 the school during the two following years. 



In 1839, the Vermont Academy of 

 Medicine was re-organized and anew fac- 

 ulty elected, and in March, 1840, the school 

 was re-opened by an annual spring term 

 of 14 weeks. After reverses so severe, it 

 was not anticipated that confidence and 

 patronage would at once be regained by 

 the institution. The anticipations, Iiow- 

 ever, of its friends were more than real- 

 ized, both in this and the succeeding ses- 

 sion, and their efforts were unremitted to 

 place the school on a permanent basis 

 with advantages equal to any in the coun- 

 try. During the year 1841, the lecture 

 rooms were entirely remodeled, so as to 

 combine the most perfect convenience, 

 neatness and elegance. The material of 

 the anatomical museum has recently been 

 much increased by the accession of pro- 

 fessor McClintock's splendid preparations 

 and paintings; and a new room, 30 feet 

 by 20, has been fitted up in a neat and 

 commodious manner, for their reception 

 and exhibition. Tiiere has also been ad- 

 ded, in a separate apartment, cabinets of 

 materia medica and mineralogy. 



Ft. II. 21 



By an act of the general assembly, pass- 

 ed October 22, 1841, the name of the Ver- 

 mont Academy of Medicine was altered to 

 the Cnstlcton Medical Colieffe, which was 

 deemed more expressive of the character 

 and chartered privileges of the school. 

 The libraries of the resident faculty, which 

 are accessible to pupils of the reading 

 term and private lectures, render the priv- 

 ileges of reading as ample and valuable as 

 can be enjoyed in any other institution in 

 the country. Tiie advantages of well con- 

 ducted reading terms and private lectures, 

 are regarded by the faculty of this school, 

 as scarcely secondary to public lectures ; 

 and it is tlieir design to approximate so 

 far as practicable to the collegiate system 

 of regular and frequeiit recitations and in- 

 structions, and surveilance of the reading 

 of medical students. Tlie annual course 

 of lectures in Castleton Medical Colleo-e, 

 commences on the second Tuesday of 

 March and continues 14 weeks. The fee 

 for admission to all the lectures is $55; 

 the graduation fee is $;]G. The deo-reeof 

 Doctor of Medicine is conferred by the 

 president, on such candidates as are ap- 

 proved i)y the fiiculty, on the last day of 

 the session, or at such other times as may 

 be designated by a majority of the faculty. 



During the interval of the public lec- 

 tures, instruction is given to students at 

 the college by the resident members of 

 the faculty, doctors McClintock, Perkins 

 and Jamieson. This instruction consists 

 of reading and recitation by classes, and 

 a summer course of lectures, on the ana- 

 tomical tissues and physiology ; botany 

 and indigenous materia medica, and chem- 

 istry ; also, a fall or winter course on 

 anatomy and operative surgery. It is 

 especially tlie design of this institution to 

 afford facilities and means so ample, for 

 the acquirement of a tliorougli knowledge 

 of anatomy, that country students shall 

 not be compelled to resort to the cities, at 

 an increased pecuniary expenditure, and 

 the exposure of health and morals. 



CATALOGUE. 



CORPORATION, OFFICERS ANU GRADUATES. 



oi . 1 Presidents. „ 



Elected. Exit 



1818 *Selah Gridley, A. M. 1819 



loil) J. r. Batchelder,A.M.,M.D. 1820 



1820 Joseph A. Gallup, A.M., M.D. 1823 



1S24 William Tulley, A.M., M. D. 1839 



1839 Horace Green, M. D. 1841 

 1841 James McClintock, M. D. 



Corporation. 



1818 'Selah Gridley, A. M. 1825 



1818 *Theo. Woodward, M. D. 1840 



1818 T. P. Matthews, A. M. 1820 



1819 *Hon. C. Langdon, A.M. 1830 



