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medical institution and to carry it into effect. In the end 

 everything was harmoniously effected. A new stone build- 

 ing, erected by the Hon. James Hillhouse, was rented to 

 accommodate the lectures, and after some years it was pur- 

 chased The medical students attended the 



lectures in the college laboratory along with academical 

 students, but with separate seats. The laboratory was en- 

 larged for their accommodation. I gave them also distinct 

 instruction on their own subjects, both by lectures and re- 

 citation The institution has been decidedly suc- 

 cessful, as regards valuable instruction and the elevation of 

 the medical profession in the State. As regards the num- 

 ber of students, it has been only moderately successful. 



^Vhen the subject of the organization of the Medical Col- 

 lege was under discussion in the Corporation, I was present 

 and heard from the Hon. Chauncey Goodrich the following 

 observations, succeeded by a distinct proposition. "The 

 medical class," he remarked, " having a building devoted 

 to their use, and many of them having their rooms there, 

 they constitute in fact a peculiar family, and they ought 

 to have a family constitution. There must, therefore, be 

 prayers, as in the College proper." The proposition was 

 accepted with little discussion, and without inquiring for 

 my opinion. Not being a member of the Corporation, I 

 could not volunteer in the discussion. I did not, however, 

 believe it to be a wise measure, although proposed by a 

 very wise and good man. A transient collection of students, 

 most of them without previous discipline, afforded but a 

 small prospect of a reverent and attentive audience ; but 

 the attempt succeeded better than I expected, and some 

 special religious meetings were held in the Medical College 

 on Sabbath evenings. Commons were also instituted in 

 the Medical College as a family ; but the experiment was 



unfortunate Neither did the inhabiting of the 



building by the students produce a happy result. They 

 were, in their habits, too familiar, sometimes noisy and 



