The city also has control of a Medical and of a Law school, which are recognized as departments of the Louisville University. The first of these is one of the most distinguished schools of its class in the United States. Something has been said of its history in a previous part of this volume. Three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-one young men have been attendants on this school since its commencement. The names of its Professors are well known in the medical world and afford a sure guarantee for its position. They are as follows:
Charles W. Short, M. D., Emeritus Professor of Materia Medica and Medical Botany.
[17]Jedediah Cobb, M. D., Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy.
Lunsford P. Yandell, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Pathalogical Anatomy.
Samuel D. Gross, M. D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
Henry Miller, M. D., Professor of Obstetric Medicine.
Lewis Rogers, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
Benjamin Silliman, Jr., M. D., Professor of Medical Chemistry and Toxicology.
[17]Daniel Drake, M. D., Professor of the Theory and
T. G. Richardson, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
The venerated name of CHARLES CALDWELL, M. D., was also, for a long time, associated with this school, and much of its earlier success is attributable to his exertion.
The law department of the University has been in active operation only since the winter of 1847. It has, however, obtained a wide spread and deservedly great reputation as a school. The number of pupils educated in this department since its commencement is one hundred and ninety-six.
The Professors of the Law Department of the University are as follows:
Hon. Henry Pirtle, L. L. D., Professor of Constitutional Law, Equity and Commercial Law.
Hon. Wm, F. Bullock, Professor of the Law of Real Property and of the Practice of Law, including Pleading and Evidence.
Hon. James Pryor, Professor of the History and Science of Law, including the Common Law and International Law.
The prospects of this school for the ensuing year are more flattering than they have ever been. The distinguished gentlemen who are at the head of this institution have reason to congratulate themselves as well on their past success as on their brilliant prospects for the future.