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Excerpt from University of Bishop's College Sixth Annual Announcement of the Faculty of Medicine, Montreal: Session 1876-1877 Montreal is particularly rich in the facilities which it affords for hospital practice; the large number Of factories and the enormous Shipping furnishing a constant and varied supply of surgical cases. The Montreal General Hospital (150 beds) is Situated within a few minutes walk of the college, and is visited daily by three phy. Sici ans besides an opthalmic surgeon. It affords equal advantages to students of all Medical Colleges for Obtaining a practical know ledge of every department of medicine and surgery. A new wing lately added to the institution, used as a Children's Hospital, will greatly assist students in the study of diseases of children. A special department for the treatment of diseases Of the eye and ear under the care Of a surgeon specially appointed for these dis eases will give students facilities for their study. The large number of out patients averaging about fifty a day enables the physicians in attendance to impart instruction by selecting cases presenting variety Of symptoms and points of comparison and contrast. Practice can be Obtained in auscultation, the use of the laryngoscope, the Ophthalmoscope and other means of physical diagnosis. Abundant Opportunities are furnished for the study of diseases of women. Clinical instruction is given daily, and all operations performed in the presence Of the students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair