Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : twelfth year, session 1846-47 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education.

Medical College of Bengal

Date:: 1847

Credit: Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : twelfth year, session 1846-47 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$The Ceylon and Christian pupils resident within the College walls have necessarily enjoyed the best opportunities of witnessing and assist- in^ at the cases of labor, and have availed themselves eagerly of their advantages in this respect, particularly Messrs. Sheetz, Pettingal, Garvin, Forbes and Marcus. Of the Hindu students who have been practically engaged with^most frequency, are Babus Gobin Chunder Dutt, Nundoolall Gangolee, Chun- der Moitry, and Jadub Chunder. _ _ It is impossible for me to speak in terms too high of the assiduity and good conduct of Tumeez Khan, the Goodeve scholar, who has resided in the hospital, and has assisted at every single case of labor which occur- red during the past twelve months. I must also say the same of the two excellent young men, Meer Enayet Hnssein and Pursun Lall, of the secondary class, whose conduct as dressers during the same period, has been such as to merit my highest commendation and best thanks. It has been a great cause of regret to me, that the Resident Graduate, (or House Surgeon) owing to the smallness of the salary now attaching to the office, has been so frequently removed to some better appointment. This has led to some confusion in the mode of keeping the books, and to no small disadvantage both to the patients and the pupils, from the occasional risk thus arising of the practice falling into the hands of unqualified pupils during my absence. ] would respectfully beg to suggest, that means be taken for the future to obviate this, either by making the appointment a permanent one, or attaching the term of one year to its tenure, and raising the salary from 50 to 100 rupees, as was formerly the case. In Medicine, Professor Jackson reported as follows : I have great pleasure in reporting on the general good conduct and attention of the pupils of my class during the past Class of Medicine, session. Their regularity and assiduity in the per- formance of their duties in the hospital, and dili- gence in attendance upon the lectures delivered by me, has been most exemplary, and I have with a few exceptions been quite satisfied with the manner in which they have answered their questions in the written examination. I have great pleasure in awarding the first place in the written exami- nation to Mr. Pettingal, who has during the whole season been a very attentive student, and in his answers has adhered more closely to the sub- ject of the questions than has been the case with others, especially I may mention Mr Loftus, who otherwise would have held a better place Mr. Picachy I have placed next to Mr. Pettingal, and I have awarded to him the clinical prize in consequence of the very efficient manner in which he has kept up bis clinical reports, and for the uniform regularity of attendance in the discharge of his duties at the hospital, rarely missing to go round with me in my daily morning visit throughout the session. Of the native students, Nobinkristo Bose has evinced a better acquaint- ance with the English language than any of the others; some of his written answers are excellent and deserving of much commendation, others are deficient in practical information and the knowledge of hospital treatment, which have prevented his holding this year so h.\<A\ a place as there is promise of at a future examin.ation. The generally good answers of Sreenauth Mookerjec and Nilmadub Mookerjee are very creditable.$