City Hospital, Bulrampur Hospital

and Vaccine

Department,

teachers. The courses of lectures which these officers

give

are as

are

intended to

follows:?

LorfG Srssion, 1st July to 31st Dec.

N AMES.

Physiology

Dr. Bonavia

&

Hygiene.

Baboo Chundi Ch. Ghose Medicine

Short Srssion1, 1st Jan. to 30th April.

Botany

and

Medica. and

?

Nobin Ch. Mitter

Surgery

Physics

?

Ishan Ch.

Anatomy

Midwifery.

Roy

..

The curriculum

elements in

a

of

course

study

thus embraces all the

of medical

the absence of medical

Zoology.

Materia

study. jurisprudence,

Chemistry.

principal

regret to observe probably this want

We but

tlio school progresses. The report does not supplied indicate what the length of the session is intended to be. will be

as

Four years at the very least would appear to be necessnry for imparting a sound and thorough knowledge of

the purpose of

medical science and

training

in medical art, and

we

hope that

will not fall short of this.

the term of

study " managing cominitteo decided at starting that the candidates for scholarships in the medical school should possess a knowledge of English, as no satisfactory training of medical students could be given without it." This is a most important resolution, and, provided that the standard of English 7cnoiVm ledge is sufficiently high, a very excellent one. The question of whether instruction should be imparted in the Calcutta Medical College in English or the vernacular was warmly discussed, when the arrangements for its establishment were under consideration, and the decision which was then arrived at in favor The

THE BULRAMPUR MEDICAL SCHOOL. Nothing can

indicate

Science in the

Medical

tiplication

so clearly the progress of "Western Presidency of Bengal as the rapid mul-

schools.

of medical

Wo have

now

before

ns

t.he

first report of the medical school which was established in 1872 at Lucknow in connection with the Bulrampur Hospital, a year by Sir Dirigbijay Bulrampur. The scheme of the institution was, we believe, arranged by Surgeon-Major H. M. Cannon, M.D., lately Civil Surgeon of Lucknow, who

endowed

and

Us. 10,000

with

Singh, K.C.S.L, Maharajah

now, tee

as

of

Deputy Surgeon-General,

is

a

member of the commit-

of management of the school ; the Commissioner and Civil

Surgeon

of Lucknow

being the other members.

is intended for the education in medicine of the

province of Oudh,

of the

Lucknow for exami-

nation at the commencement of each session

promising

youth

and tho local committees of each district

have been instructed to select and send to

of

The school

a

certain number

who are desirous to

study medicine. teachers, and 30 of the best are selected for scholarships which are paid by the several districts of the province, a fixed number of the successful candidates being allotted to each. the Thus young

men

These are examined

by

tho

principal

and

province educates from local revenues a certain number of youths, and the school is, moreover, open to as many more students as are willing to pay for their own education. Surgeon-Mnjor E. Bonavia, M.D., who is also health officer of Lucknow, was appointed principal, and three assistant surgeons, Baboos Chundi Churn

Ghose, Nobin Chunder Mitter and Ishan Chunder ltoy, who also hold the appointments in the

English has proved a great ledge of English which many

Tlio

imperfect knowis, however, found to be a most serious bar to profitable instruction, and it is now under serious consideration whether the standard of preliminary knowledge of English should not be raised

of

success.

of tlio students possess

University First Arts Examina* University Entrance Examination

and the admission test be the tion in the

place

of the

heretofore.

preliminary examination for scholarships was held on 1873, and the school opened by Sir George Couper, Bart-, C.B., C.S., on the 14th of April 1873. Forty three candidates appeared, of whom 27 were selected. Several free indents also joined the school. The latter had all dropped the away before the close of the session, and 1'2 of the former left The

the 17th March

school from various causes.

Courses of lectures were

delivered

zoology by the principal, and on materia medica, chemistry and physics and anatomy by the teachers. " All the lectures were given in English, explanations bei?? given in the vernacular whenever it was found necessary t0 impress any particular point on the minds of the students." 53, 35, 121, 151, and 1/1 lectures were delivered on the vnriou3 subjects above named respectively. Weekly oral examination9 and monthly written examinations were held in each class a"^ general written examination held at the closo of the sessio"'

on

botany

and

afc

The principal in addition to these " examined thoroughly different times each of tlio classes in order to satisfy hirn

ns to what progress was being made." The work appe0 to have been most thorough and good, and the students flppe0

self

Joit 1, 187J,] as

a

A CONORESS ON CHOLERA.

rule to have been attentive and

diligent.

Forty-five

bodies

dissected during the session. The prominence which is given to the study of physical science in this school is a notable feature. We incline to think Were

with Mr.

Huxley

that

physical

science should constitute rather

part of general education than of special training for a profession, and we have observed with satisfaction that the study of a

objects

rather than abstractions has been of late

gradually

introduced into schemes of general education in India ; still

better discipline of

a course

can

of medical

be had

study

recourse

than

no

to at the commencement

practical instruction

botany and zoology ; anatomy and chemistry however, more intimately connected with the study

in

physics,

which

are,

of medical

science supplying a similar educational use. On the whole, this report shows that the first session of the Bulrampur Medical school has been a term of energetic and practical

Work,

and

the tone of the

report

and the results which it

records augur well for the future of the school.

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