Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : fourteenth year, session 1848-49 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education.
- Medical College of Bengal
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : fourteenth year, session 1848-49 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![ms Hospital is founded for the relief of the Sick Poor of all Classes and Creeds in the City of Calcutta, and particularly for those abided with Epidemic Disease, «touncfI of SSucatfon. The Hon. J. E. D. Bethune, President J. W. Colvile, Esq., H. M. Elliot, Esq., C. Beadon, Esq., J. Grant, Esq., J. Forsyth, Esq., Russomoy Dutt, Esq., Prnsunnoenoniar Tafjore, Esq., Fred. J. Mouat, ji.d., Meinlter and Secy. Council of tje iiacOlcat (ffoIIfBt. H. Falconer, Esq., m.d., p.r.s. J. Jackson, Esq., m.b., p.r.c.s. H. H. Goodevo, Esq., m.d., f.r.c.s. Allan Webb, Esq. H. Walker, Esq. R. O'Shaughnessy, Esq., p.r.c.s. Fred. J. Mouat, ji.d., p.r.c.s., Member and Secretary. Messrs. Burn and Co., Architects. [on the reverse op the plate.] The money for building this Hospital was raised partly by public Subscrip- tions through the Municipal and Fever Hospital Committee and the Council of Education, which produced Rupees 1,03,000. A further sum of Co.'s Rs. 1,07,000 was contributed to this purpose, of which 50,000 was a munificent donation for the benefit of the City by Rajah Pertab Chunder Singh, and the remainder was the balance of a sum of money raised by Lottery for the im- provement of Calcutta. Part of the ground on which it stands, of the value of Rs. 12,000, was generously given by Baboo Mutty Lol Seal. Some difficulty has been experienced in procnring the re- mainder of the ground, in consequence of the exorbitant prices asked by the pi'oprietors. AH title-deeds and pottahs are examined by the Hon'ble Company's Attorney, and the build- ing will be superintended by the Civil Architect. In consequence of objections having been raised to the name adopted for the building, as well as the purposes to which it is to be applied, the following statement is published for gene- ral information. On the 25th of October 1843, Dr. Mouat addressed a pri- vate note to the late Chairman of the Fever Hospital and Municipal Committee, stating that he was informed that cer- tain funds, belonging to the Committee, were then lying idle, and that, as the limited accommodation afforded by the existing Medical College Hospital compelled the authorities of that Institution to send away numerous sufferers, from Fever, Dij- sentery, and other severe and dangerous diseases, he thought that the design of the Fever Hospital Committee could be carried out, in the original spirit of those who subscribed the funds, and requested permission to wait upon Sir John Grant, for the purpose of explaining his views in detail.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24766823_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
