Laboratory facilities: The school possesses an ordinary laboratory for general chemistry; a second, with slight equipment, for histology and physiology; and another, fairly equipped, for pathology and bacteriology. The dissecting-room is clean and odorless. Both regular and homeopathic pharmacy are taught. There is a large and very well kept museum.
Clinical facilities: The school is connected with the Hahnemann Hospital, containing some 150 beds; but no ward clinics are held. Patients are wheeled into the amphitheater. Students have no access to the clinical laboratory.
The dispensary has a large attendance, and there only, for the most, the student comes into close contact with patients.
Date of visit: March, 1909.
(6) Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Organized 1850. An independent institution.
Entrance requirement: A high school education or its equivalent.
Attendance: 125.
Teaching staff: 52, of whom 25 are professors, 27 of other grade. One teacher devotes entire time to the schools; several others teach laboratory subjects elsewhere as well.
Resources available for maintenance: Fees, amounting to $15,480, and income from endowments, amounting to $13,820.
Laboratory facilities: Simply, but intelligently, equipped and conscientiously used laboratories are provided for physiology, bacteriology and pathology, histology and embryology, chemistry, pharmacy, and anatomy. There is striking evidence of a genuine effort to do the best possible with limited resources. There are a useful library and a good museum.
Clinical facilities: The school is now building a new hospital, part of which is already in use. This, with a temporary building, accommodates 27 beds. There is, besides a maternity of 16 beds, and an out-patient obstetrical service. Ward work, with assignment of individual cases, is regularly carried on. Supplementary opportunities are obtained at several other institutions. There is a fair dispensary service.
Date of visit: March, 1909.
(7) Philadelphia College and Infirmary of Osteopathy. Established 1898. An independent institution.
Entrance requirement: Nominal.
Attendance: 126.
Teaching staff: 18, of whom 11 are professors, 7 of other grade.
