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hour. If this does not stop it and vomiting comes on, commence the hypodermic injection
at once. If the patient is first seen in collapse, inject 10 grains dissolved in 100 drops of
water in four or five different places according to the size of the syringe. This will probably
be enough,but if reaction does not commence within an hour, inject again. There is generally
a great craving for cold water, which may be given in any quantity; never mind if the patient
vomits, as reaction proceeds he will retain it. But no opium or stimulants are to be given in
collapse.
Finances.
The expenditure increased from Rs. 57,525 to Rs. 62,508, but the receipts
from sources other than Government contributions rose from Rs. 32,847 to
Rs. 38,173. The opening balance of the year was about Us. 800 in excess
of that of 1872.
The report of the Bulrampore medical school which was established in
Lucknow in April 1873, and which is supported by Sir Dirigbijay Singh,
K. C. S. I., Maharajah of Bulrampore, is incorporated with the provincial
report. The following are the rules :—
1st.—"Thirty scholarships, each of Rs. 5 per month, will be given to natives of Oudh,
but free students will be admitted also from other parts of India as well as from Oudh.
2nd.—" The curriculum, or course of studies, will extend over a period of three years,
and new admissions will be made every year on the 1st of July (the commencement of a new
session) should there be any vacant scholarships.
3rd.—" Scholarships will be given only to those candidates who pass a satisfactory pre-
liminary examination, to be held in Lucknow every year at least one month previous to the
opening of a session, and will consist of the following subjects:—
(1).
(2).
(3).
English.
Urdu.
Arithmetic.
Each candidate for a scholarship will be required to read and explain a passage from any
modern English or Urdú author, and to write correctly from dictation in English and Urdú.
4. "The other qualifications are that the candidates should be either Hindus or Ma.
homedans, of good family or caste, and between the ages of 14 and 18 years.
5. " The studies during the three years' curriculum will consist of the following
subjects:—
Anatomy.
Physiology and Hygiene.
Surgery.
Medicine and medical jurisprudence.
Materia Medica.
Physics and Chemistry.
Botany and Zoology.
6. "During the first year, the attendance of the students at the hospitals will be option-
al, but during the second and third years it will be compulsory. Dissections will be carried
on during the winter months of each year.
7. "At the end of each session, an examination will be held on the above snbjects
by the staff of the school; and at the end of the curriculum, the final examination for the
diploma or certificate will be held by medical officers selected from the Oudh Commission.
8. "A first class certificate will be given to those students who pass a satisfactory ex-
amination in all the subjects mentioned in para. 5; a second class certificate will be given to
those who are able to pass in anatomy, materia medica, surgery and medicine.
9. "There will be two months' vacation in each year, at the end of the session, in order
that the students may return to their homes and read up the subjects of the session. The
students will not be paid their scholarships during the vacation, but will receive the amount
due to them for that period on their return to the school at the commencement of the follow-
ing session.
10. "Each successful candidate before being admitted to a scholarship will be required
to sign the following agreement on stamped paper:—
I
son of
of the Pargannah
Zil'h
in Oudh, agree to study
medicine and surgery at the Bulrampur medical school, Lucknow, and to conform to the
rules of the institution for three years. If I leave the medical school without the permis-
sion of the principal, or if I fail to return at the end of each vacation, I promise to refund
the whole of the money paid to me on account of my scholarship, as well as return any books
which may have been lent to me."
At the commencement of the session, 27 candidates were found qualified for
admission; several districts did not send any candidate; 11 subsequently re-
signed and another was dismissed. The staff consists of the principal, Surgeon.
Major E. Bonavia, M. D. and three assistant surgeons. The work commenced
on April 14th, and eighteen bodies were dissected.