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.

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