North Carolina
Population, 2,142,084. Number of physicians
1761 (Amer. Med. Direct.). Ratio, 1:1216;
1932 (Polk). 1:1110.
Number of medical schools, 4.
CHAPEL HILL: Population, 1181.
(1) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. A half-school. Established
1890. An organic part of the university. Entrance requirement: A year of college work—not, however, strictly enforced during
this, the first session in which it has been required. Attendance: 74; 95 per cent from North Carolina. Teaching staff: 15, of whom 10 are professors who take part in the work of the depart
ment. The instructors are trained, full-time teachers. Resources available for maintenance: The department is provided for in the univer
sity budget. Its budget calls for $12,000. Its income in fees is $6500. Laboratory facilities: The laboratories at Chapel Hill are in general adequate to
good routine teaching of the small student body. The equipment covers pathology, bacteriology, histology, physiology, and pharmacology. Anatomy is inferior. Animals are provided for experimental work. The general scientific laboratories of the university are excellent; a small annual appropriation is available for books
and periodicals. The work is intelligently planned and conducted on modern lines. Date of visit: February, 1909.
CHARLOTTE: Population, 36,320. (2) North CAROLINA MEDICAL COLLEGE. Organized 1887, it has given degrees since
1893. A stock company; professorships are represented by stock and can be sold
subject to the concurrence (never yet refused) of the faculty. Entrance requirement: Nominal. Attendance: 94, 87 per cent from North Carolina. Teaching staff: 32, of whom 19 are professors, 13 of other grade. Resources available for maintenance: Fees, amounting to $8345 (estimated), a large
part being required to carry a building mortgage and to retire the debt. Laboratory facilities: These comprise a poor chemical laboratory, containing one set
of reagents, a wretched dissecting room, and a meager outfit for pathology, bacteriology, and histology. There is no museum, no library, and no teaching aids of any kind whatever. No post-mortems are even claimed.
