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first Session. All are Hindus, one coming from Damoh, another from Bhandara,
the third residing in Nagpur.
4. For the current year a different arrangement has been made, this with a
slight - modification I consider a much better one. From the young men who
passed the High School Examination in September last, twenty were selected for
medical scholarships; of these, six have withdrawn under one excuse or another ;
but 144 intelligent and very promising young men remain attached to dispensaries
till the opening of the Session in June next, learning under the guidance of the
several Hospital Assistants the rudiments of their profession, becoming familiar
with the appearance of ordinary diseases and the remedies used, as well as get-
ting preliminary instruction in Anatomy and Materia Medica. This year the
pro-bationers are under my own observation at the dispensaries of Nagpur and are
doing well, but in future years they might, by preference be left to get their
preliminary experience at the head-quarter dispensaries- of their own districts,
not coming to Nagpur till the commencement of the medical session. They will
thus be near their own homes and under the Civil Surgeons, who will be able to
keep them under close observation, soon learning whether they will be fit for
admission to the Medical school.
5. Of the fourteen, one is a Mahomedan and the remainder Hindus. Two
are residents of Nagpur, two come from Wardha, four from Jubbulpore, and one
from each of the following districts,—Saugor, Chanda, Narsinghpur, Bilaspur,
Rajpur and Seoni.
6. Arrangements have been made for giving a special course of lectures
on
Hygiene during the coming; session in addition to the usual medical and
surgical subjects; to this coursed, besides the medical students, all the Superintendents of
Vaccination as well as the more intelligent amongst the Vaccinators in the Pro-
Vince, are to. be admitted; only those who pass a fair examination in Hygiene will,
be allowed to hold the post of Superintendent of Vaccination in future. The
Civil Surgeons will thus have an intelligent class Of Assistants, with some know-
ledge of the subject, to assist them in their capacity of health officers of their
districts under the Deputy Surgeon General as Sanitary Commissioner.
7. The examination for the year lasted from March 2nd till March 29th,,
the young men of the several classes, 3rd, 2nd and 1st year, giving written answers.
to a number of good test questions on Anatomy, Materia Medica, Chemistry, Sur-
gery and Medicine. The questions for the third year's students were eminently
practical and framed to test their general knowledge ; the answers of some of the
young men would, I am sure, have ensured their passing many of the examining
boards in the United kingdom, and redound to their own credit as well as that
of their teachers. I was glad to find that much more attention had been paid
to Materia Medica. this year ; this had been neglected before as not essential f o r
passing in the third year.
The following students receive class prizes :—
In Medicine, 1st prize
... Ram Churn..
2nd class prize ... Abdul Kadir.
Earn Churn.
Surgery
...
equal . ' A bdul Kadin
Abdul Kadir receiving the gold medal as first of his year.
The answers of many of the second year's students were even better than
those of the third year,. taking into consideration their shorter career in
t h e - M e d i c a l s c h o o l . S e v e r a l d i f f i c u l t q u e s t i o n s i n S u r g e r y , M e d i c i n e , A n a t o m y a n d
M a t e - r i a M e d i c a w e r e a n s w e r e d w i t h o u t a s i n g l e m i s t a k e o r o m i s s i o n ; o n e y o u n g m a n
gained 95 . 9 per cent. of marks from a possible total of 493 in Anatomy, 95 per
cent. in Surgery, and over 90 per cent. in Materia Medica and Chemistry. Another
gained over 95. per cent. in two subjects, 94 . 5 in a third, and over 90 per cent.
in the other two. The first on the list obtained 93 . 3 per cent. and the second over
90 per cent. from an aggregate of 1,491 marks on all subjects, and six obtained..
over 75 per cent., showing an immense . . amount of application, and . very careful:
teaching.