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By the Act of Counci 1 11Anno Sexto Victoriae Reginae No . 2'' ,
gazetted October 9, 1849, the Court of Medical Examiners of Van Dimen 's
Land could examine and grant "Letters Testimonial11 to young men to
practise medicine without visiting Britain, provided they were educated
in the practice of medicine at the Hobart Town Hospital .
In March Hall
decided to undertake training courses for young men, as well as his other
duties .
advertisement
On March 4 the Hobart Town Dai ly Cour ier carried the
MEDICAL SCHOOL
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Her Maj esty's General Hospital , Hobart Town.
At this estab lishment which has beds for 300 male and female
patients the undersigned Resident Medical Officer is privileged
to receive pupils for instruction in the Medical Profession .
He has been extensively engaged both in private and public
practice in all the branches of the medical profession for
upwards of thirty years and prior to his official appointment
fifteen years ago on the Government medical staff of this
colony was for many years Honorary Surgeon to one of the
largest medical institutions in Great Britain.
Parents or guardians wishing to bring up their sons or wards
to the Medical Profession will find they can place them here
in a most advantageous position for acquiring a thorough
knowledge of Anatomy, Phys iology, Pharmacy, Materia Medica,
Chemistry, Midwifery, Surgery and the Practice of Physic.
Many of the most eminent Medical Practitioners in this and
the nighbouring colonies were educated in this institution.
Terms made known on application.
E.S. Hal l
Memb er of the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London.
H.M.G. Hospital, Hobart Town
lst March 1854 .
Hall advertised his medical course twelve times in all from March 4 unt il
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July 3. Pupils were taken on the same plan as the large Dub lin hospitals
with which he was fami liar . He considered that the opportunities for
studying 'morbid anatomy ' could not be equa lled by any other hospital in
the southern hemisphere and that as there were limitless opportunities
for expansion , the Hobart Town Hospital would become the medical college
of the southern coloni es . Already many of the most capab le and
successful practitioners of Victoria and Van Diemen 's Land were graduates
of the Hospital . Although he held high hopes for his medical school, it
has not been possible to discover the number of his pupils nor their
·ultimate success.