superintendents of jails a direct interest in the profits derived jail workshops, so as to make them more proficient in the petty arts necessary to the success of retail dealers, would seem from
to
show that the time and
attention of civil surgeons
are
not
fully occupied by jail duties. It is true that the policy pursued by the local Governments with regard to civil surgeons and their duties is undoubtedly calculated to convert good medical officers" into indifferent jailors; however, I think.it will be found in practice that one or two hours in the early morning are sufficient for disposing of the ordinary routine work of a jail, so that suffiWhere there's cient time is left for attending to the dispensary. a will there's a way," and I cannot but conclude that the perfunctory manner in which dispensary duties are in many instances discharged is due to a want of earnestness and appreciation of the reality of the work on the part of the officers concerned. Too much, as you say, is left to the Assistant Surgeon ; the superintendent at his visit is merely an onlooker, taking no part in the examination and treatment of out-door patients. He daily "
"
the rottenness of the system, and takes no steps to correct it. You say similar defects exist in the out-door practice of the London hospitals, but from the immense number of patients daily attending these institutions, no comparison can be made between them and Indian dispensaries. I am, &c., Surgeon. sees
CIVIL SURGEONS AMD THEIR DUTIES. ?
EDXTOll OF TIIE " INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE." truth of the remarks contained in the concluding P^rt 'f~ J"Vur article entitled ''Civil Surgeons and Charitable of the Gazette, ?ft'jjj "8a,'ies," published in the October number avu no doubt, be acknowledged by the majority of civil sUrge in thinking that ? cannot, however, agree with you the ? *ea ?f superintendent of a jail and of a dispensary are i^coni It may be " beneath what is due to their profession e^ucation" for civil surgeons to occupy the position of .t 1 can hardly believe that the duties in connection U time and attenti0u Ja^ ?re of such a nature as to engagetothe encroach ou their surgeons to such an extent as Pron Per duties as superintendent of the sudder dispensary. le t^at " very high death-rates of jails do not cert
gj
^,IE
X)18De?
t^n8j
^^le. jail0au Witl/8'. ?Vivil
,reala,'k *U(^cate in v art'e^e on ?es*ti?Ur loa 01 U
favourable sanitary conditions," occurring Delienzy versus Cuningharn," and the sugtlie Secretary to Government, N. \7. 1J., to give "
*"
to
show that the time and
attention of civil surgeons
are
not
fully occupied by jail duties. It is true that the policy pursued by the local Governments with regard to civil surgeons and their duties is undoubtedly calculated to convert good medical officers" into indifferent jailors; however, I think.it will be found in practice that one or two hours in the early morning are sufficient for disposing of the ordinary routine work of a jail, so that suffiWhere there's cient time is left for attending to the dispensary. a will there's a way," and I cannot but conclude that the perfunctory manner in which dispensary duties are in many instances discharged is due to a want of earnestness and appreciation of the reality of the work on the part of the officers concerned. Too much, as you say, is left to the Assistant Surgeon ; the superintendent at his visit is merely an onlooker, taking no part in the examination and treatment of out-door patients. He daily "
"
the rottenness of the system, and takes no steps to correct it. You say similar defects exist in the out-door practice of the London hospitals, but from the immense number of patients daily attending these institutions, no comparison can be made between them and Indian dispensaries. I am, &c., Surgeon. sees
CIVIL SURGEONS AMD THEIR DUTIES. ?
EDXTOll OF TIIE " INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE." truth of the remarks contained in the concluding P^rt 'f~ J"Vur article entitled ''Civil Surgeons and Charitable of the Gazette, ?ft'jjj "8a,'ies," published in the October number avu no doubt, be acknowledged by the majority of civil sUrge in thinking that ? cannot, however, agree with you the ? *ea ?f superintendent of a jail and of a dispensary are i^coni It may be " beneath what is due to their profession e^ucation" for civil surgeons to occupy the position of .t 1 can hardly believe that the duties in connection U time and attenti0u Ja^ ?re of such a nature as to engagetothe encroach ou their surgeons to such an extent as Pron Per duties as superintendent of the sudder dispensary. le t^at " very high death-rates of jails do not cert
gj
^,IE
X)18De?
t^n8j
^^le. jail0au Witl/8'. ?Vivil
,reala,'k *U(^cate in v art'e^e on ?es*ti?Ur loa 01 U
favourable sanitary conditions," occurring Delienzy versus Cuningharn," and the sugtlie Secretary to Government, N. \7. 1J., to give "
*"
