Queen’s Medical College
Since the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at Queen’s College in 1854, the medical school maintained a close connection with Kingston General Hospital. Not only did the medical school’s faculty form the majority of the hospital’s medical staff, but clinical medical teaching was also in place, which allowed senior medical students and new graduate doctors the opportunity to attend patients under supervision at the hospital.
Medical Building – ca 1880 – Queen’s University Archives
The student curriculum contained two six-month courses in anatomy, surgery, medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, obstetrics and “diseases of women and children,” as well as physiology and pathology. It also included one six-month course in clinical medicine and clinical surgery. This was followed by twelve months of training under a qualified practitioner. The cost for a complete degree was around $144.
Queen’s School of Medicine Class of 1865 – Queen’s University Archives
Curriculum
Two six-month courses in each of:
Anatomy
Practical Anatomy
Surgery
Medicine
Materia Medica and Pharmacy
Chemistry
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women & Children
Institutes of Medicine (Physiology & Pathology)
One six-month course in each of:
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Surgery
Twelve months of training under duly qualified practitioner/hospital training
Fees
Annual entrance fee: $2.00
Courses: $12.00 for each six-month course (payment of this fee also entitles student to the use of the library)
Kingston General Hospital fee: $4.00
Lecture fee on Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery at KGH: $6.00 for both courses
Graduation fee: $20.00
Provincial Licence to practice: $4.00