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with him in thinking that the establishment of a local service similar to the-
Bengali class of the Calcutta Medical College is worthy the attention of
Government.
11. Babu Jadub Kishon Ghose lectured 88 times on Surgery, and held
58 examinations; on Anatomy he lectured 93 times and held 42 examinations.
Dissection was also carried on as diligently as possible, but only 36 bodies were
obtainable during the cold season. The Babu speaks well of the conduct and pro-
gress of his class, and after closely watching his teaching during the year, and per
-sonally carrying out the general examination at its close, I can speak with con-
fidence as to the excellence of his method of teaching.
He does not consider the result of the examination of the new students
as very satisfactory, and expresses the following opinion as to their aptitude for
learning :—
"This result was not unexpected by me; with the exception of 5 or 6
"respectable students, the rest are not fit for a scientific course of instruction,
"owing to deficient preliminary training, natural inaptitude for learning, and sad
"want of common sense."
"I am also sorry to state that almost all the Medical Pupils admitted last
"year had not been benefited in the least by preliminary training in a Regimen
- " t a l H o s p i t a l o r C i v i l D i s p e n s a r y f o r o n e y e a r . "
"This fact I had to bring to your notice several times, and of the truth of
"which you have (personally) convinced yourself by being personally present at
"the several weekly examinations of the school. In my humble opinion there
"is some fault in the system which selects candidates for admission into the me
- " d i c a l S c h o o l s , i n a s m u c h a s t h e n e w p u p i l s w h o w e r e s e n t h e r e l a s t y e a r a r e
"sadly deficient in the Urdu Language, a language in which they are to be
"taught the principles and facts of the science of Medicine."
12. Babu Nundo Lall Ghose gave 158 lectures on Materia Medica, and
67 on Chemistry, including examinations. He speaks well of the conduct and
attention of his class, but has also to complain of defective preliminary education
and want of knowledge of Urdu on the part of the new pupils. Concerning
them he makes the following remarks :—
"With regard to these Medical Pupils, I am sorry to observe that their
"preliminary education as a general rule is very deficient. Bad as our students
"have been in this respect, they are worse than they; some of them, such as
"Lutchmon, Beeho Lall, and Jagar Parshad, do not know even colloquial Urdu,
"the former is most conspicuous besides for his inability to write even the Hindi,
"he managing to write out his notes in Romanised English characters. It would
"not be out of place to mention here that many of the students have availed
"themselves very little of the opportunity afforded to them by their preliminary
"year's stay in the Regimental and other Dispensaries to acquaint themselves
"with the common pharmaceutical operations daily in use in any hospital. To
"cite an instance, I was really astonished that very few of them knew how to
"prepare even common quinine mixture."
13. Result of Examination.—In the month of February, all lecture courses
having come to a conclusion, I began the general examination of the School
for the purpose of passing such third year students as were qualified, and award-
ing prizes to the most deserving of all classes,
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