3
1926 when he was officially appointed as senior demonstrator of Physiology he
started work on his own department where he has had to arrange the appliances
and chemicals, indent for the deficiencies and see whether the instruments were
working all in order. In the absence of his Professor he has had the sole
responsibility of this department and has completed the arrangement for the.
Physiology department. Dr. B. Narain has been of help to Dr. Prasad
fitting up the motors and. drums of the experimental room, preparing chemicals,
and. stock reagents and cutting sections for the class purposes. Dr. Prasad
made himself generally useful in the organisation of the College and supervi-
sion of the equipment of the basement room which is to serve as the central
depôt of stores for all the departments in future.
Materia .Medica and Fharmacology. —This department is in charge of
Dr. T. N. Banerjee,* Professor of Phar
macology with Dr. P. C. Ray as senior
.
demonstrator. The full staff worked
during the major part of the year to complete the museum and the laboratory.
The empty labelled bottles imported for the purpose have been filled up with
drugs and the collection of British Pharmacopœia preparations has been
completed so that the department is now able to take up practical training of
the second year students from the next session July, 1926.
*Who joined this department on December
11th, 1925.
Pathology. —The Junior Assistant Dr. S. P. Verma was the first to arrive;
the Senior Assistant Dr. S. K. Gosh Dastidar joined in March, 1926. Captain
A. N. Bose, I.M.S., Professor of Pathology, joined on April 1st, 1926. The
department has been engaged in collecting specimens from the district hospitals
of the province and has been in communication with medical institutions of
other provinces also. Active preparations are in progress for carrying out such
important clinical work as Wasserman, and other serum reactions as well as for
vaccine therapy in general. There is a proposal for a provincial laboratory as
an adjunct to this department. Attached to this department is an animal
house fitted for the keeping of guinea pigs, rabbits, pigeons, etc.
Surgerg, Midwifery, Medical Jurisprudence, Hygiene and Public Health
and Medicine. —Work did not commence during the year under report.
Admission of students. —Thirty-one students were admitted to the first year-
class by a Selection Committee appointed by Government and consisted of the-
following communities—
Hindus Bihari
13
Mobammadans
6
Oriyas
5
Domiciled Bengalis
5
Aborigines
2
Information concerning the general education of the students on admission
has been furnished in Table "A".
The classification of the above 31 students according to their nationality
has been furnished in Table "B".
A. statement showing the number of students who remained on the rolls at.
the end of the year 1925-26 is given in Table "C".
One casual student joined the class for three months from the beginning
of the third term and worked in Practical Anatomy.
ATTENDANCE.
The average daily attendance of the students was 24·7 during the year.
HEALTH AND DISCIPLINE.
One of the hostel students became infected with small-pox; he was
speedily removed to the isolation block, where special arrangements were made
for him. He recovered after some days, The hostel room was thoroughly