Medical Natural History.
Operative Surgery.
Surgical Clinic.
Clinic of Internal Diseases.
Clinic for Final Stage of Students’ Training.
Obstetrics.
History of Medicine and Medico-Legal Science.
In 1798 a chair for pathological anatomy was added, and there were also organized several special clinics—one, for example, for sexual diseases; and among the names of the professors who taught at this period are to be found those of Sabatier, Chopart, Pinel, Corvisart, Baudelocque, Lassus, and P. A. O. Mahon. The last-named lectured on the history of medicine. No fees were charged for tuition. Under this new régime the Paris Medical School rapidly rose in favor, until in 1799 the attendance had reached the extraordinary total of 1500. In addition to the regular students who expected to receive a medical diploma if they passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, there was a large attendance of quacks, at all three of these schools (Paris, Montpellier and Strassburg). Neither a diploma nor any special permit, however, was required of those who wished to engage in the practice of medicine. This state of affairs soon led to frightful abuses, and the Convention accordingly passed a new law (March 10, 1803), which stated that, for the future, only those who had passed a satisfactory examination in the fundamental branches (anatomy, physiology, pathology, materia medica, pharmacy, chemistry, hygiene, obstetrics, surgery and internal medicine) would be permitted to engage in practice. The duration of this course of training was four years, and the candidate was further required to furnish satisfactory evidence that he had completed the regular Lyceum course of studies (equivalent to the undergraduate course at one of our American Colleges) before he entered upon the medical course.
1. The side of the Paris Faculté de Médecine which fronts on the Rue de l’École de Médecine.
(From “La Vie Universitaire.”)