THE CEYLON MEDICAL SCHOOL. The

of the ninth session

of this institution It tells of continued progress and Tha importance of a good preliminary

report

has reached

us.

good work. education is fully recognised, and the Calcutta University Entrance Examination has been adopted as a standard of examination qualifying for admission. The aim of the managers of the school is to obtain good students rather than large numbers, and tho idle and unpromising are struck off the rolls without hesitation. Five out of nine candidates passed the final examination for the license, and 6 out of 11 were found " qualified as hospital assistants." Students who fail to attain these ed in the The the

colony

as

Principal

good

qualifications dispensers

usefully employ-

Medical Officer bears testimony to by the licentiates and alumni

service rendered

of the school in the various are

are

and vaccinators.

in which

capacities

they

employed.

The certificates of the school have nized

by

Madras.

the Universities of The school has

turned out 33

licentiates,

now

been recog-

Edinburgh, Aberdeen and up to the present timo

23

of whom

are

employed

in the public service. Private practice does not appear as yet to offer many inducements for youths to study medicine, but this is a mere matter of time. In Ceylon as elsewhere the people will learn to appreciate and seek rational medicine in preference to ignorant

empiricism.

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