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Dr. Reid, an experienced teacher of repute from the University of
Aberdeen, has been appointed in Dr. Cruickshank’s place and assumed duties
on 11t h Mar ch 1929; Dr . S. M. Ghosal , Assi st ant t o t he Pr of essor of Anat omy,
has been granted leave for nine months with permission to prefix the college
vacation from 1st April to 30th June 1929, for the purpose of study in
England.
Major R. R. M. Porter, I.M.s., Professor of Surgery, Prince of Wales
Medical College, Patna, has been granted leave preparatory to retirement for nine
months, viz., leave on average pay for three months and seven days under
Fundamental Rule 100( a) (1) and leave on private affairs ex-India for five
months and twenty-three days under the military rules in continuation of the
leave on average pay with permission to prefix the college vacation from the
1st April 1929 to the 30th June 1930. This is another loss to the college, he
being the second to hold the post since the college started. The students and
the staff gave him a hearty send off and the address that was presented bore
a testimony to his popularity and success as a teacher.
Students’ Activities.—A medical college is a college after all like any
other unit under the University and as such is expected to fulfil its basic
function of helping its members to form character, with a distinctive stamp of
its own when it is old enough to have accumulated its own traditions so that
they may turn out to be useful citizens of the state, always faithful to its alma
mater. This aspect of the college work should not be lost sight of in our
natural anxiety to secure technical efficiency in the special art and science that
are to make a man a Doctor ’ especially when we are entrusted with fresh
under-graduates for six years out of the short formative period which make or
mar a man for life. I am indebted to the Warden and other members of the
staff who have helped me loyally to direct the activities of the students during
the session very satisfactorily.
The excellent turn out of the students at the time of the visit of His
Excellency the Viceroy showed good discipline among them ; the charity
performance of the college Dramatic Society for founding a Library for the
patients of the hospital was actuated by a praiseworthy motive and realised
a handsome amount of Rs. 460. The enthusiasm displayed at the college sports
which is now an important annual event was a sign of the exuberance of
healthy spirit possessed by the students, and the Commissioned Officer that the
College has supplied to the University Training Corps, though the number of
our men in it is only a few is a credit to the college.
Library.—Fifty journals were subscribed and 50 books were added to the
former stock of 1,083 with the help of Rs. 3,000 allotted for this purpose. The
library is as valuable and adjunct for research as a well equipped Laboratory or
a qualified staff.
Work of the Departments—Organic Chemistry.— The working benches in
the laboratory were renovated and the E. C. Plant was overhauled and placed
in the Laboratory Hall for want of room in the department. For the same
reason benches for the balances have been set up, in the single room where all
members of the staff are supposed to sit and work. Chemical help was
rendered to extent possible under the present condition, to the department of
pharmacology in their investigation of indigenous drugs.
Biology.—The drains and vats in the botanic garden have been improved and
a pucca hut and acquarium have been added for storing gardening appliances and
materials and keeping aquatic plants and animals.
Pharmacology.—Animal experiments and research into certain indi
- g e n o u s d r u g s , w e r e c a r r i e d o u t b y t h e P r o f e s s o r s a n d l e c t u r e r i n t h i s
department.
Pathology.—With the transfer of practically the whole of the Physiology
Department to the new building the Pathology Department has been left alone
in the possession of the whole of the building to the left of the Administrative
block. The relief has come none too soon as the work of the department has