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Seth Craig
William W. Fisher
William Gerhard
Charles A. Harper
Joseph Howell
Hugh F. Hollingshead
James M'Alpin
John l'urdon
Samuel Richards
Robert Toland Henry Kuhl, Cashier
Discount days Tuesdays and Fridays. Dividend, May and November. Notary, HI. G. Freeman, No. 49, Walnut Street.
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BANKS.
Directors of the Bank of the United States. Nicholas Biddle, President. Horace Binney John Bohlen Henry Pratt Thomas Cadwalader Richard Willing Henry Toland Ambrose White Matthew L. Bevan John Hemphill Manuel Eyre Paul Beck, jr. Lewis Clapier Samuel B. Morris John Potter, of South Carolina
George Hoffman, of Maryland Roswel L. Colt, of Maryland Walter Bowne, of New York William B. Astor, of New York Nathaniel Silsbee, of Massachusetts Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts
Directors of the Bank of North America.
Henry Nixon, Esq., President John Morton Daniel Smith
Timothy Paxson
George Fox
George M'Callmont
Charles Macalester Jacob S. Waln Alexander Elmslie
Richard Randolph Charles H. Baker Coleman Fisher
Directors of the Mechanics' Bank. Lemuel Lamb, President Timothy Caldwell George Peterson W. S. Crothers Joseph Solms Charles Watson
Thomas W. Pryor James M'Culloch Thomas G. Hollingsworth
Jonathan K. Hassinger Allen Armstrong Nicholas Thouron
John W. Downing
Directors of the Commercial Bank of Pennsyl- cania. Andrew Bayard, President
Caleb P. Wayne Edward Hallowell Lawrence Lewis Bankson Taylor James Dundas Thomas Reeves, jr. William Wilson David R. Sergeant William Lynch Robert S. Johnson
John Moss Thomas Earp
Directors of the Kensington Bank. John C. Browne, President Michael Day George Wilson William G. M'Cahan
Jonathan Wainwright
Robert Earp Daniel J. Rhoads
Thomas W. Duffield
John Vaughan
Joseph Baker
John E. Keen
Edmund Pryor
Thomas Wickersham
Directors of the Southwark Bank.
Samuel Comly, President
Daniel Smith, jr.
Benjamin Jones, jr.
Benjamin Tevis
Joseph Huddell
Peter Williamson James Spencer Thomas Sparks
William M'Glinsey
William G. Alexander
William Cummings
Walter Thompson
Robert M'Mullin, jr.
Directors of the Bank of the Northern Liber- ties. James Whitehead, President
Andrew C. Barclay
Samuel Grant
George Gorgas
Thomas Hart
Joseph R. Jenks
Jonathan Knight
Thomas Latimer
Thomas Loyd, jr.
Isaac W. Norris James Paul John Taylor Joseph Thomas John Naglee Isaiah Jeanes
Directors of the Schuylkill Bank.
William Meredith, President Edward Smith
Aaron Denman
Joseph Montgomery
Bartholomew Wistar Edward Burd
Robert Flemming Frederick Brown Samuel Breck James Boggs John Holmes John Ford Samuel P. Wetherill
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INSURANCE OFFICES.
Directors of the Philadelphia Bank. John Read, President Jacob Sperry John Welshı Samuel Smith Samuel W. Jones J. R. Evans Benjamin Stille Charles Graff William Yardley John M. Price William Philips Joshua Longstretli Robert Patterson J. M. Linnard Alexander M'Carraher Michael Riter
Discount Days.
United States, Tuesdays and Fridays. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wednesday's and Saturdays. Mondays and Thursdays. Farm. & Mechan. Tuesdays and Fridays. North America, Mondays and Thursdays. Tuesdays and Fridays. Commercial, Mcchanics, Tuesdays and Fridays. Schuylkill, Tuesdays and Fridays. North. Lib. Tuesdays and Fridays. Girard's, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Southwark, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Kensington Bank, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
INSURANCE OFFICES. Directors of the Office of the Pennsylvania Com- pany for Insurances on Lives, &c. Thomas Astley, President William Boyd Hyman Gratz William Parker Silas E. Weir William Kirkham John Moss Clement S. Miller Benjamin Masden Levi Ellmaker Dr. John K. Mitchell John B. Newman John Cox
Directors of the Atlantic Insurance Company. Daniel W. Coxe, President Jacob Sperry Charles Massey, jr. Jacob S. Waln Joseph Gratz John M'Crea Jacob R. Smith Richard Oakford William Platt J. B. M'Ilvaine P. G. Laguerenne Ashbel G. Ralston Charles Vezin
Directors of the Marine Insurance Company. John Leamy, President
Elihu Chauncey Peter Hahn Jolın B. Newman
Georgo M'Callmont
Samuel N. Lewis Isaac W. Norris William Read John Latour Arthur St. Clair Nichols Benjamin Chew Norris Stanley Jonathan K. lassinger
Directors of the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania.
Charles M'Alester, President
Daniel Smith
Ilenry Pratt
Henry Nixon
Paul Siemen
George Fox Simeon Toby
Anthony Stocker
John Markoe
Gustavus Colhoun
John Cox William Redwood James Schott
Directors of the Union Insurance Company of Philadelphia.
Hugh Colhoun, President Matthew Lawler
Lewis Clapier John Bohlen
Stephen Girard
William Davis
William Lynch
Bankson Taylor
Austin Montgomery
Charles Graff
Jolın R. Neff
Samuel Wetherill William T. Birch
Directors of the Insurance Office of North Ame- rica. John Inskeep, President Alexander Henry John Stille Samuel Mifflin
Thomas Astley Andrew Petit
Samuel W. Jones
Jacob C. Wikoff Edward Smith Samuel Archer Matthew L. Bevan Silas E. Weir John A. Brown John White Charles A. Harper
Officers of the Philadelphia Dispensary. William White, President, 89, Walnut street.
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DISPENSARY, COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
Robert Smith, Union, corner of Front street. Joseph Crukshank, No. 16, Church Alley. Elliston Perot, No. 299, Market street. Roberts Vaux, No. 346, Mulbery street. Joseph Parish, No. 109, Mulberry street. Thomas Cadwalader, corner of Ninth and Archi streets.
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John Markoe, No. 293, Chesnut street. Philip F. Mayer, No. 87, Sassafras street. William Davidson, No. 268, Walnut street. Robert Toland, No. 168, Chesnut street. Samuel Emlen, jr., corner of Seventh and Arch streets.
Attending Physicians and Surgeons.
For the city .- Doctors John Bell, No. 148, south Fourth street; Charles F. Matlack, No. 85, Arch street; Jonas Green, No. 79, Walnut street; Andrew Comstock, No. 98, Arch street; William D. Gallaher, No. 67, Spruce strect; Caspar Wistar, No. 184, Arch street.
North Western District .- George Mifflin, No. 351, Market street.
South Western District .- Thomas Wharton, No. 240, Spruce street.
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons .- Doc- tors Thomas Parke, Thomas C. James, Philip Syng Physic, Thomas T. Hewson.
Treasurer .- Joseph M. Paul, No. 60, north Front street.
Apothecary .- Joshua W. Ash, at the Dispen- sary.
Officers of the Historical Society. William Rawle, President
Roberts Vaux
Dr. T. C. James James Ross, of Pittsburg
Vice Presid.
J. B. Gibson, of Carlisle
T. I. Wharton, Corresponding Secret. Wm. B. Reed, Recording Secretary
W. M. Walmsley, Treasurer Gerard Ralston, Curator Thomas H. White C. J. Ingersoll Wm. Rawle, jr.
Dr. B. H. Coates Edward Bettle G. Washington Smith Thomas M. Pettit
William B. Davidson John Hare Powell Edward Pennington
Dr. Isaac C. Snowden
Dr. George B. Wood Joshua F. Fisher
Members of Council
Officers of the Franklin Institute .. James Ronaldson, President Mathew Carey
T. Fletcher Vice Presidents Isaac Hays, Corresponding Secretary Thomas P. Jones, Recording Secretary Samuel V. Merrick, Treasurer John Harrison Abraham Miller
·Adam Ramage James M'Alpin Isaac B. Garrigues A. G. Ralston Rufus Tyler John Struthers John O'Neal M. W. Baldwin
Joseph II. Schreiner
Samuel J. Robbins
Isaiah Lukens
William Strickland
Henry Horn M. L. Lewis W. Rowland
Jacob Souder Charles H. White
G. Emerson George Fox
W. Stevenson
Andrew Young
Christian Gobrecht
Directors of the Athenaeum.
Roberts Vaux
Thomas L. Wharton
George Vaux
William Smith
Jacob Gratz
William Lehman
Quintin Campbell . Benjamin Tilghman
John Vaughan Clement C. Biddle
Peter S. Duponceau
Edward Ingersoll
John M. Scott
James S. Smith
Samuel Norris
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
Institutedin March, 1821, and incorporated in February, 1822, is held in the lower room of the German Society's Hall, between Nos. 10 and 12 south Seventh street. The manage- ment of the institution, and regulation of the School of Pharmacy are committed to sixteen trustees, one half of whom are elected semi- annually, and the officers of the college are ex officio members of the board. The annual election for officers is held on the last Tues- day in March. The lectures commence in the first week in November, and continue thrice a week until finished. The present officers are William Lehman, President
Charles Marshall Vice Presidents Samuel Jackson, M. D. S
Edward B. Garrigues, Treasurer Daniel B. Smith, Secretary
George B. Wood M. D. Professor of Chemis- try Benj. Ellis, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica Trustees.
Henry Troth, Chairman Alexander Fullerton, jr., Secretary
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SOCIETIES.
l'eter Lehman Charles Yarnall Jacob Bigonct A. S. Roberts Warder Morris Joseph Reakirf Edmund Pryor Benjamin Ellis, M. D. Samuel l'. Griffitts Abraham Kunzi Peter Thomson, jr. Charles Ellis Elisha Crowell Caleb E. Pleasants
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Good Intent Fire Hose Company. The 2nd Company, formed in Philadelphia, (instituted, March 8, 1804.)
The stated meetings are held the 1st Tues- day in every month at the Resolution IIose house.
George Jeffries, l'resident George K. Childs, Vice President William Chew, Secretary Jacob C. Tomkins, Treasurer Directors.
Adam Farris James Bayne William P. Thompson George Clark George Kanc John Turney
Scots Thistle Socicty. Adam Ramage, President George Hogg, Vice President John Cochran, Treasurer Adam Waldie, Secretary Council.
D. Watson William Black George M'Leod Samuel White Thomas Duncan
The America Beneficial Society. Robert Ralston, President J. F. Sparks, Vice President Thomas Taylor, Treasurer Charles Show, Secretary Meet the first Tuesday in every month. Annual Meeting, January.
Columbia Beneficial Society. Thomas Taylor, President Capt. E. Wallington, Vice President John Curry, Treasurer Robert Ralston, Secretary Meet the fourth Thursday in every month. Annual meetings, February.
Pennsylvania Beneficial Society of the city and County of Philadelphia. Incorporated, April, 1827.
G. W. Twibill, President, No. 151, south Front Street
George Snyder, Vice President, N. Liberties Anthony Seyfert, Secretary, No. 10, l'car st. George Haws, Treasurer, Race, between Fifth and Sixth streets Jolın Reel, Messenger
Meet every first Thursday in the month, at George Haws', Race street.
United States Beneficial Society of Philadelphia.
Instituted, Nov. 1323, and incorporated, March, 1824. Meet the 1st Wednesday of each month, at the N. W. corner of Sixth and Carpenter streets. Initiation fec, from twenty to twenty-five, $3; and 50 cents for every year to forty; above, no man can be admitted. Monthly dues 50 cents. Allowance to sick, from $3 to $5 per weck. To member, on decease of his wife, $20; and to widow, $40. Election in December, annually. The follow- ing are the officers for the present year :---
Isaac Atternus, President
Wm. Edwards, Vice President
W. T. Flanagan, Secretary
Thos. Stokes, Assist. Secretary
HI. B. Stewart, Treasurer George Fox, Messenger John Field
Jacob Center S Stewards
Officers of the American Philosophical Society. P. S. Du Ponceau, President Zaccheus Collins
R. M. Patterson Vice Presidents
N. Chapman
George Ord C. C. Biddle Franklin Bache
Secretaries
J. K. Kane
Jolin O. Adams" William Short
Counsellors for 3 years
John Sergeant Samuel Moore
Robert Adrian, Counsellor for 1 year
James Mease
W. E. Horner Curators Samuel P. Wetherill
John Vaughan, Treasurer
Officers of the Pennsylvania Literary Association of Philadelphia.
Instituted in 1820-number of members li- mited to 25. Meet once a week at Harmony Hall, south Fifth street.
Objects-Debating and improvement in lite- rary composition.
Wm. R. Mansfield, President
Henry C. Corbit, Vice President William Maule, Secretary Samuel F. Troth, Treasurer Caleb Ash, Recording Secretary Joseph Gill, Corresponding Secretary
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SOCIETIES.
Samuel F. Troth Samuel C. Sheppard Marshall Attmoro Joseph Corbit Benjamin S. Wilson
Stand. Committee
Officers of the Society of the Sons of St. George, Established at Philadelphia, for the advice and assistance of Englishmen in distress. Robert E. Griffith, President Joseph Bell, Vice President William Page, Treasurer Joseph Todhunter, Secretary Richard North James Kitchen William Young Birch William C. Cardwell Stewards. John Moss Horatio Mann Lawrence Brown John Haviland Richard Peters, jr. William Meredith Counsellors
George M. Dallas
Thomas T. Hewson Robert E. Griffith, jr. James Kitchen, jr. Jeremiah Biggs, Messenger
Physicians
Officers of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society,
Incorporated, February 26, 1819. Open for deposites and payments, on Mondays and "Thursdays, only, between the hours of 4 and 7, P. M. Office, No. 66, Walnut street. Andrew Bayard, President Samuel Grant, Secretary® George Billington, Treasurer John M'Crea )
Thomas Hale Clement C. Biddle, Richard Peters, jr. Samuel Archer Daniel B. Smith J. J. Vanderkemp Samuel R. Wood Lawrence Lewis John C. Lowber John Wharton John R. Neff Thomas Fassitt Ashbel G. Ralston Quintin Campbell John C. Smith George Vaux John A. Brown Francis R. Wharton Francis Gurney Smith Thomas H. White William Davidson William Smith
Managers.
Officers of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. William Rawle, President Jonas Preston, M. D. 2 Vice Presidents Benjamin Tucker S
Edwin P. Atlee, M. D. Secretaries. Edward B. Garrigues Henry Troth, Treasurer John Sergeant D. P. Brown J. C. Lowber Joseph P. Norris, jr. Counsellors William Rawle, jr.
Thomas Earle
Washington Hopkins, for Lancaster County Matthias Morris, Bucks
Joseph W. Rowland, Montgomery
Samuel Edwards, Delaware
James M. Porter, Northampton John Gardner, York Board of Education.
Isaac Barton
George Peterson Thomas Ridgway
D. Weatherly T. Earl
E. P. Atlee
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Joseph Evans
M. Attmore
Thomas Parker, jr.
Peter Wright
C. S. Cope Joseph Parker John Bouvier Joseph Todhunter
William Jones
Joseph M. Truman
D. C. Wood Jesse Stanley James Mott
P. Stackhouse
Robert Murphy
Robert Evans
Edwin Walter
W. S. Hallowell
Officers of the German Society, contributing for the relief of distressed Germans in the state of Pennsylvania. Isaac Wampole, President William Spohn, Vice President Andrew Korkhauss, Treasurer Samuel Keemle, Solicitor John C. Lowber Secretaries George Fox F. Erringer F. Shober
J. H. Fisler Lewis Mayer
Overseers
Wm. Montelius Jacob Alter
Officers of the Provident Society. Right Rev. Dr. White, President Joseph Watson 2 Vice Presidents Roberts Vaux
Richard Price, Treasurer John C. Lowber, Secretary Managers. Thomas Astley
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Silas E. Weir Jacob Dunton Philip Garrett John S. Henry Benjamin Tucker Ambrose White Richard Pricc John R. Neff James Kerr A. M. Buckley Charles Bird Solomon Allen Furman Leaming Frederick Erringer Abraham Hilyard Jolın B. Ellison Thomas Zell William Ritchio Isaac Lawrence Samuel Hildeburn William H. Richards Samuel Bispham James Fassitt .
Oficers of the Society for the commemoration of the landing of William Penn. Honourable Richard Peters, President Joseph P. Norris, Vice President Peter S. Duponceau, Corresponding Secretary Thomas I. Wharton, Recording Secretary John Bacon, Treasurer John F. Watson, Curator Directors. Dr. Thomas Parke
George Vaux Roberts Vaux Dr. Thomas C. James Zaccheus Collins Charles J. Ingersoll Richard Peters, jr. William Smith Joseph Watson Joseph S. Lewis Thomas Morris Clement C. Biddle William Mason Walmsley
Officers of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviat- ing the Miseries of Public Prisons. Wm. White, D. D., President Thomas Wistar Vice Presidents.
Nicholas Collin, D. D. S
Roberts Vaux, 2 Secretaries and Com- Bartholomew Wistar S mit. of correspondence Joseph M. Paul, Treasurer James Gibson 2 Counsellors
James J. Barclay S Electing Committee.
James J. Barclay Roberts Vaux William II. Delancey George Williams John Paul Edward Yarnall Benjamin H. Coates
Philip Garrett William Wayne
Officers of the Northern Dispensary.
George Boyd, I'resident Joseph S. Riley, Secretary John C. Brown, Treasurer Edmund I'ryor, Apothecary John Kessler, jr., Collector Managers. Blev. George Boyd
Rev. James Patterson Joseph Townsend Jonathan Roberts Robert A. Parrish
Joseph S. Riley
Henry Stiles William S. Stevenson
Dr. George Uhler Dr. Jacob Jeans
Thomas W. Pryor
Dr. E. P. Atlee
Directors of Public Schools. 1st Section.
By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, on the 10th inst.
1. Roberts Vaux
2. Wm. W. Fisher
S. Thomas Leaming 4. Francis G. Smith
5. Philip Garrett
6. Benjamin W. Richards
7. Clements S. Miller
8. William Wharton
9. II. M. Zollickoffer
10. Thomas Dunlap
11. Richard Price
12. Samuel Paton
13. Joseph L. Inglis
14. Dr. G. Emerson
15. George M. Stroud
16. Joseph Watson.
17. Geo. W. Toland
18. John A. Leamy
19. Thomas Yardley
20. George Fox
21. James Carstairs
22. Isaac Starr
23. Richard S. Smith
24. Jacob Lex
25. Charles F. Jenkins
26. Thomas Earp
27. Robert Murphy
28. Rev. W. H. Furness
29. John Pemberton
30. Isaac Norris
31. Rev. W. H. Delancey
32. T. G. Hollingsworth
33. Alex. Benson
34. Lawrence Lewis
35. Gerard Ralston
36. Elliott Cresson Second Section. By the commissioners of the Kensington
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TURNPIKE COMPANIES, &c.
District of the Northern Liberties on the 2nd inst.
1. John C. Browne
2. Adam Richard
3. Michael Day
4. George Wilson
5. Hugh Roberts 6. Charles Norris
By the commissioners of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties, on the 10th inst.
7. Isaac W. Norris
8. Joseph Warner
9. Benjamin Naglee
10. John Child
11. John Heyl, jr.
12. John C. Dacosta Third Section.
By the commissioners of the District of Southwark, on the 17th inst.
1. Richard Palmer
2. Robert _ÍMullin, jr.
S. Ebenezer Ferguson
4. George M'Leod
5. John Cowan
6. William II. Hood Fourth Section.
By the commissioners of the District of Spring Garden, on the 7th inst.
1. Rev. George Boyd
2. Frederick Haas
S. William Warner
4. John F. Warner
5. Thomas Meyers
6. John M. Ogden Ninth Section.
By the commissioners of the Township of Moyamensing, on the 18th inst.
1. James Ronaldson
2. Francis Huckle
S. James M'Cann
4. Joshua Raybold
5. John K. M'Ilvaine
6. F. A. Raybold Roberts Vaux, President T. M. Pettit, Secretary
District of Spring Garden.
Justices of the Peace .- Tiberius Jefferson Bryant, David Woelpper, Joseph Parker, Francis Mitchell, John L. Wolf, Charles Sou- der, Thomas M. Rush.
David Wentlig, High Constable
Corporation of Spring Garden.
1. Lawrence Shuster, President; 2. John M. Ogden; 3. Isaac B. Garrigues; 4. Daniel C. Ellis; 5. Isaac Shunk; 6. Jacob Gardner; 7. Frederick Haas; 8. Henry Miller; 9. Henry Boreaf; 10. George Schryer; 11. Daniel Hotz; 12. Isaac M'Caulley; 13. Charles Souder.
Jacob Frick, Clerk -- Peter Shuster, Trea- surer -- P. M. Price, Surveyor -- Addis Hayes, Superintendent --- Isaac Remington, Vaccine Physician-Jacob Roat, Messenger.
The Commissioners meet on the first Mon- day in every month, at their Hall, in Vine, near Ninth strect.
Managers of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania. Samuel Mifflin, President I. P. Roberts, Treasurer Managers.
William Lehman
George Vaux
William Boyd
William Read
Charles Graff
John C. Stocker
William W. Fisher
Jacob Gratz
Francis G. Smith
Peter Hahn
William Y. Birch
Samuel Baird, of Reading
Officers of the Ridge Turnpike Company. William Rawle, President Thomas H. White, Treasurer Managers.
John Patterson George Esher
Robert Watkin
Peter Robeson
Matthias Holstein
John Markley Robert Evans John Elliott John Davis, (Miller)
Frederic Stoever ·
Andrew Crawford John Miller
Officers of the Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge Com- pany. Jacob Ridgway, President
Thomas P. Roberts, Secret. & Treasurer- Managers.
Samuel Richards Henry Nixon
Thomas Biddle
Thomas Hart
Henry J. Williams
Charles Roberts
Officers of the Chamber of Commerce. Robert Ralston, President Lewis Clapier Vice Presidents Thomas P. Cope S Robert Smith, Treasurer John Vaughan, Secretary .
Officers of the Protestant Episcopal Sunday and Adult School Society of Philadelphia. Right Rev. Bishop White, Patron Right Rev. Bishop Onderdonk, President Thomas H. White, Vice President George Hawkins, Treasurer
Rev. William Delancey, Corresponding Scct'y William Robinson, Recording Secretary
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UNIVERSITY, MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
University of Pennsylvania.
This institution has obtained a just distinc- tion for its Medical Lectures. They begin on the first Monday of November, in cach year, and terminate about the 4th day of March. It is the oldest and the most frequented medical school in this country, and its celebrity Has been widely established upon the labours of its medical faculty. Beginning in the year 1761, through the enterprise of Drs. Morgan and Shippen, who found themselves, at first, surrounded by only about a dozen students, the Medical Lectures have been frequented for the last twenty-five or thirty years, by an average number of more than four hundred young men, representing all the states in the union, the British provinces in North America and the West Indies. Notwithstanding the numerous medical schools which have been established since, in the United States, amount- ing, probably, to twenty or thirty, its numbers are undiminished, and the intellectual and mo- ral characters of its students have improved successively.
The course of instruction consists in-
Six lectures a week on Anatomy, by P. S. Physick, 21. D. and W. E. Horner, M. D., con- jointly.
Six lectures a week on the Practice of Me- dicine, by Nathaniel Chapman, M. D).
Four lectures a week on Materia Medica, by J. R. Coxe, M. D.
Four lectures a week on Midwifery, and the Diseases of women and children, by Thomas C. James, M. D. and W. P. Dewees, M. D., con- jointly.
Four lectures a week on Chemistry, by Ro- bert llare, M. D.
Four lectures a week on Surgery, by Wm. Gibson, M. D.
Two lectures a week on the Institutes of Medicine, by Samuel Jackson, M. D).
*Two lectures a week on Clinical Medicine, by N. Chapman, M. D.
*Two lectures a week on Clinical Surgery, by W. Gibson, M. D.
Besides which, a course of Practical Ana- tomy is conducted under the direction of Dr. Horner, beginning early in November, and ending the last of February.
A very extensive and valuable cabinet of Anatomy is open to the inspection of students, twice a week. Its foundations were laid by numerous dried preparations and models, made and collected by the late celebrated Dr. Wis- tar, and generously presented, at his death, by his widow to the University for the use of the Medical Faculty. Their numbers have been increased by a similar act of munificence on the part of the Pennsylvania Hospital. In ad-
dition to which, the collection has been more than doubled by contributions from the pre- sent professors of anatomy, in numerous and varied preparations in spirits of wine, &c. il- I istrative of the morbid alterations of the hu- man body, as well as of its natural condition.
A valuable cabinet of wax models and oil painting's is also possessed by the professor of surgery, and intended to illustrate liis course of lectures.
The Commencement, for conferring medi- cal degrees, is held once a year, about the first day of April. The number of graduates varies from one hundred to one hundred and thirty.
Medical Institute of Philadelphia.
This institution, having for its objects the improvement of medical education in this country, began in the year 1817, under the auspices of N. Chapman, M. D. The course of instruction lasts for a whole year, begin- ning about the first or second Monday of April, and ending about the last of the following March. It is divided into two terms, one ex- tends from April to the last Saturday of Octo- ber, a vacation being allowed during August, and consists in lectures. The second term be- gins early in November, and is continued to the end of March; it consists in examinations.
From inconsiderable beginnings, the Medical Institute has reached to the condition of a sys- tematic and popular course of instruction. For some years past, more than one hundred stu- dents have been annually registered on its list. Students are not permitted to enter for one set of lectures only, but must engage in the whole, as it induces them to adopt an exten- sive and varied course of medical schooling, much to their advantage.
A degree in medicine is not conferred, but a certificate, signed by the lectarers, respective- ly, is issued, indicating the time, during which the lectures have been followed. It has been thought inexpedient to issue medical degrees upon this course of instruction, be- cause, emanating originally from one of the professors of the University, the Institute has been intended, invariably, as subsidiary to the course of instruction there; and has heretofore been conducted with that view.
The lectures are as follows, viz.
N. Chapman, M. D., on the Practice of Me- dicine.
W. E. Horner, M. D., on Anatomy.
W. l'. Dewees. M. D., on Midwifery.
Samuel Jackson, M. D., on Materia Medica.
John Bell, M. D., on the Institutes of Medi- cine.
John K. Mitchell, M. D., on Chemistry.
Hugh L. Hodge, M. D., on the Principles of Surgery.
Thomas Ifarris, M. D., (Surgeon of the Unit- ed States Naval Hospital, at Philadelphia,) on Operative Surgery.
From ten to twelve o'clock every day, dur- ling the course of lectures, is left for clinical
These lectures are delivered on Wednes- days and Saturdays at the Infirmary, belonging to the Philadelphia Alms House, an institution, from its extent, abounding in the most inte- resting cases of Medicine.
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