The course extends through two years, the first being devoted to lectures and practical work in the hospital, and the second year to practical work in the hospital and to outside cases. The course of instruction given students embraces lectures and object lessons in anatomy, physiology, mid-wifery, hygiene, bandaging and dressing, care of patients and patients' rooms, exercising and handling the sick, the preparation and serving of nutritious and appetizing food. Pupils are expected at the end of the course to be fitted for work in any department of nursing, whether in hospitals, among the poor, or in private families of means.