f
)
Congress will hold its the magnificent meetings in St. Xavier's College, for buildings of which are excellently adapted to the liberality and due is It the purpose. of the College kindness of the Reverend Fathers The
promised.
been
Congress will be so meetings, if there are
that the
well housed. are
Over-
also
any, amply for in that the rooms of the Asiatic provided been lent by the Council Society of Bengal have school-room close of that Society, and a large of the memthe at disposal by has been placed The in Railway the charge. bers
flow
clergyman
by
very generous and which wiil be much have granted concessions their wives attendand by members
authorities have also been
appreciated
Congress. On all State Railways return tickets will be issued to members and their wives at single fares on the production of a
inor the
signed by
ticket
the Central Secretaries.
Railways m-anted, the tickets
other
On
privileges have been being available for a
similar
month. Members will also be glad to hear that the Indian Government will shortly be approached
of granting special leave to those the services who wish to attend in medical Government have all along The the Congress. interest in the sucshown such a sympathetic there is every hope that cess of the Congress, this respect being in of satisfactory privileges
on
the
subject men
granted. ?
The General
tered
Purposes
arranging
Committee is
now
en-
for the accommodation of visiPilgrim and Dr. Prandhan
tors, Surgeon-Captain
to ensure that very active efforts comfortable. We hear, be shall the members that a a steamer of of crush, if there is much be available for may one of the great Companies to be accommodated in this way who prefer those There are no fewer than 50 Local on the river. in the different parts of Indiaj
Bose
THE INDIAN MEDICAL
We
are
CONGRESS.
o-lad to be able to announce that the
preparations for the Indian Medical
advancing rapidly, and that a
the Xmas week. of the Joint-SecreCaddy's resignation in the to Apiil last, SurCongress
successful
On Dr.
Congress are everything indicates
taryship geon-Captain
meeting during
Moir took up the onerous duties. Harvey's election as President
Surgeon-Colonel
announced far back as last April, and now the several Presidents and Vice-Presidents of sections have been elected, and between 50 and 60 papeis have already of the
Congress
was
as
making
Secretaries
each doing his best to forBurma and Ceylon, the Congress; nor are its of interests ward the in England, for Dr. McLeod
interests neglected in London, and it is the Local Secretary
hoped
is he may be able to induce a few of the medical men in the United King-
leading
dom to
give India
a
visit at this time of the
year.
All sections of the Indian Medical Profession at the Congress. A will be
represented
military,
section in Medicine and Surgery has been specially
INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
344
Medical Officer of the Army MediPresident and several Vice-Presidents
formed with cal Staff
as
a
drawn from the Medical Officers
tbe active
In addition to this
list of the army.
Major-General
on
Bradshaw, the
Principal
Forces in
SurgeonMedical
with Majesty's Surgeon-Major-General Rice, Surgeon-General to the Government of India, an Honorary President of the Congress. The Indian Profession is also well represented by two of its members? Dr. Juggobundu Bose and Dr. Surbadhicarri? who are Vice-Presidents of the Congress, while Officer of Her
India, is,
third member, Dr. Kanalal Dey, C.I.E., is President of one of the sections, and a number The of other members are Vice-Presidents. OffiHon'ble W. R. Kynsey, Principal Medical a
cer
of
Ceylon,
who has taken
great
a
interest
in the movement, is President of one of the sections, and it is expected that a goodly confrom the
tingent the ance
Congress.
Ceylon
There is
Profession will attend
naturally
preponder-
of Medical Officers in the Indian Medical
Service
as
be
Presidents of sections. from the
fluential
expected position they
relation
to
might
prominent
and in-
country
in
The
subjects
of
its Government.
Surgery, Midwifery,
has each
a
so
It is what
hold in the
Medicine, but
a
and Public Health
President drawn from this
service,
distributed that the Provinces of Ben-
gal, Hyderabad, Bombay and Madras shall each be represented. The members of the Indian Medical Service would be prominent in any part
of the
world,
for
they
are
well-trained
good physicians and surgeons and lovers It is hardly likely then of their profession. that the small portion of the non-official medical world who are not indigenous to the counmen,
try, for,
as
has been
Profession has been
stated, the Indian well represented,
jealous of the honours which have confreres in the Indian services.
Medical will be
fallen to their
[Sept.
1894.