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Population, 4,594,40. Number of physicians, 7838. Ratio, 1: 586.

Number of medical schools, 8.

CINCINNATI: Population, 353,108.

(1) Ohio-Miami Medical College of the University of Cincinnati. Organized by merger, 1909. An organic department of the university.

Entrance requirement: A four-year high school education or its equivalent.

Attendance: 197, 80 per cent from Ohio.

Teaching staff: 126, of whom 50 are professors, 76 of other grade. There are nine professors of medicine and nine professors of surgery (not including gynecology). There are three whole-time teachers.

Resources available for maintenance: Mainly fees, amounting to $26,345 (estimated).

Laboratory facilities: The university has so recently obtained complete control that it is not fair to make an inventory of the situation at this moment in a critical spirit. A modern outfit adequate to routine teaching has been already installed in pathology, bacteriology, and physiology. The subjects are taught by whole-time modern teachers. Chemistry, including physiological chemistry, is given at the university by whole-time instructors. Anatomy is as yet unorganized.

Clinical facilities: These are likewise in a state of transition, not only because of the recent formation of the department, but further, because the city has just begun the erection of a new hospital, whose exact relation to the university remains to be determined. There is an apparent disposition to make the relation close enough to be educationally effective. In that event, the university must on its side reorganize its clinical departments. The various schools may have disappeared, but their professorial titles remain. There must be a single professor of medicine, a single professor of surgery, etc., if the hospital facilities in prospect are to be deserved and properly utilized.

The school dispensary awaits proper organization.

Date of visit: December, 1909.

(2) Eclectic Medical Institute. Chartered 1845. An independent institution.

Entrance requirement: For Ohio students, a four-year high school education or its equivalent. Students from outside states are not held to the same standard.

Attendance: 86.

Teaching staff: 24, of whom one-half are professors. None of the instructors devotes his entire time to teaching.